Modelos de cultivos para la gestión agroambiental

The course has two sections. In the 1st part the focus is on building crop model components using the tools available in Excel worksheets. Step by step students learn to build one maize crop model. First, a potential crop growth model, and then incorporating a soil water and nitrogen balance. The 2nd part of the course works on the DSSAT crop modeling system and associated tools. Efforts are focused on learning the various tools available to build input files (weather, soil, and experiment), generating and calibrating crop coefficients to simulate specific hybrids and varieties, optimizing irrigation and fertilization management, designing crop rotations, impact and adaptation to climate change, and spatial analysis.