SUCROS
Laar, H.H. van; Goudriaan, J.; Keulen, H. van (Wageningen University)
Overview
| Model category | CSM |
|---|---|
| Plant part | Shoot |
| Scale | Organs, Whole_plant, Field |
| Licence | upon_request |
| Operating system | NA |
| Programming language | FST, Fortran |
| Format of model inputs and outputs | NA |
| Species studied | Wheat |
| Execution environment | NA |
| Modelling environment | Models-Library |
Scientific article
SUCROS97: Simulation of crop growth for potential and water-limited production situations. As applied to spring wheatLaar,H.H. van; Goudriaan,J.; Keulen,H. vanQuantitative Approaches in Systems Analysis, 1997 View paper
Model description
SUCROS1&2 is a mechanistic crop growth model as influenced by environmental conditions. SUCROS2 simulates both potential and water limited growth of a crop, i.e. its dry matter accumulation under resp. ample and rainfed supply of water and nutrients in a pest-, disease- and weed-free environment under the prevailing weather conditions. The rate of dry matter accumulation is a function of irradiation, temperature, crop characteristics and water supply. The basis for the calculation is the rate of CO2 assimilation (photosynthesis) of the canopy; it is a function of incoming radiation and light. SUCROS uses a light response curve (LRC) and it integrates photosynthesis over the day, it integrates photosynthesis over different canopy depths and it distinguishes between direct and diffuse radiation. After substraction of maintenance respiration, growth of leaf, stem, root and storage organs are simulated. Biomass partitioning depends on crop development stage, which is computed as a function of temperature only. With crop specific input parameters different crops can be simulated.
Some case studies
Analysis of field experiments; analysis of impacts of climate change on crop yields