Putting mechanisms into crop production models

KJ Boote, JW Jones, JW White, S Asseng… - Plant, cell & …, 2013 - Wiley Online Library
Crop growth models dynamically simulate processes of C, N and water balance on daily or
hourly time‐steps to predict crop growth and development and at season‐end, final yield …

Random forests for global and regional crop yield predictions

JH Jeong, JP Resop, ND Mueller, DH Fleisher, K Yun… - PloS one, 2016 - journals.plos.org
Accurate predictions of crop yield are critical for developing effective agricultural and food
policies at the regional and global scales. We evaluated a machine-learning method …

How do various maize crop models vary in their responses to climate change factors?

S Bassu, N Brisson, JL Durand, K Boote… - Global change …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Potential consequences of climate change on crop production can be studied using
mechanistic crop simulation models. While a broad variety of maize simulation models exist …

Responses to atmospheric CO2 concentrations in crop simulation models: a review of current simple and semicomplex representations and options for model …

E Vanuytrecht, PJ Thorburn - Global change biology, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
Elevated atmospheric CO 2 concentrations ([CO 2]) cause direct changes in crop
physiological processes (eg photosynthesis and stomatal conductance). To represent these …

Predicting maize phenology: intercomparison of functions for developmental response to temperature

S Kumudini, FH Andrade, KJ Boote… - Agronomy …, 2014 - Wiley Online Library
Accurate prediction of phenological development in maize (Zea mays L.) is fundamental to
determining crop adaptation and yield potential. A number of thermal functions are used in …

Improving the accuracy of satellite-based high-resolution yield estimation: A test of multiple scalable approaches

Z Jin, G Azzari, DB Lobell - Agricultural and forest meteorology, 2017 - Elsevier
Fast, accurate and inexpensive estimates of crop yields at the field scale are useful for many
applications. Based on the Google Earth Engine (GEE) platform, we recently developed a …

Modelling climate change impacts on maize yields under low nitrogen input conditions in sub‐Saharan Africa

GN Falconnier, M Corbeels, KJ Boote… - Global change …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Smallholder farmers in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) currently grow rainfed maize with limited
inputs including fertilizer. Climate change may exacerbate current production constraints …

Simulation of maize evapotranspiration: An inter-comparison among 29 maize models

BA Kimball, KJ Boote, JL Hatfield, LR Ahuja… - Agricultural and Forest …, 2019 - Elsevier
Crop yield can be affected by crop water use and vice versa, so when trying to simulate one
or the other, it can be important that both are simulated well. In a prior inter-comparison …

Coupled maize model: A 4D maize growth model based on growing degree days

B Qian, W Huang, D Xie, H Ye, A Guo, Y Pan… - … and Electronics in …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop canopy parameters are critical for environmental remote sensing, describing crop
phenotypes, and ensuring food security. Evaluating the effect of temperature on crop growth …

Maize yield under a changing climate: The hidden role of vapor pressure deficit

J Hsiao, ALS Swann, SH Kim - Agricultural and Forest Meteorology, 2019 - Elsevier
Temperatures over the next century are expected to rise to levels detrimental to crop growth
and yield. As the atmosphere warms without additional water vapor input, vapor pressure …