TY - BOOK AU - Soltani,Afshin AU - Sinclair,Thomas R. ED - C.A.B. International, TI - Modeling physiology of crop development, growth and yield AV - SB112.5 .S63 2012eb U1 - 631 23 PY - 2012/// CY - Wallingford, Oxfordshire, UK PB - CABI KW - Crops KW - Physiology KW - Mathematical models KW - Development KW - Growth KW - Crop yields KW - Plant Physiology and Biochemistry KW - Plant Nutrition KW - Plant Water Relations KW - Plant Production KW - Mathematics and Statistics KW - Computer simulation KW - cabt KW - Crop yield KW - Dry matter distribution KW - Growth models KW - Nitrogen KW - Nutrient deficiencies KW - Phenology KW - Plant development KW - Plant water relations KW - Seeds KW - Simulation models KW - Water stress KW - Electronic books N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index; What is a Crop Model? -- Fundamental Guides in Constructing Crop Models -- Evaluation of Model to Meet Objectives -- Application of Crop models -- Status of Crop Modeling -- Phenology: Temperature -- Phenology: Temperature and Photoperiod -- Phenology: Vernalization -- Crop Leaf Area -- Dry Matter Production -- Dry Matter Distribution and Yield Formation -- A Model for Potential Production -- Soil Water -- Soil Water Balance -- Plant Responses to Soil Water Deficit and Excess -- A Model for Water-limited Conditions -- Plant Nitrogen Budget -- Soil Nitrogen Balance -- A Model for Nitrogen-limited Conditions; Access limited to subscribing institution; Also available in print format N2 - This book presents quantitative hypotheses for key processes in crop development, growth and yield. The emphasis is on functions that offer comparatively simple hypotheses, yet are appropriate over a range of conditions. The book is organized into four parts. The first part (chapters 1-5) presents fundamental perspectives required in developing crop models. This section also presents examples of how the crop models can be applied to explore important issues in crop improvement and production. The second part (chapters 6-12) develops expressions for crop development (i.e. phenology), growth and partitioning into plant components, including grains. The functions developed in this section are used to assess the potential growth and yield of a crop when it is not limited by the availability of water or nutrients, and there is no limitation as a result of insects, diseases and weeds. The third part (chapters 13-16) accounts for water limitation of specific processes in crop growth. The last part (chapters 17-19) accounts for nitrogen limitation of plant growth processes. Each chapter ends with exercises for the reader to better understand how the functions operate and the implications of adjustments in the parameters of the functions. This book is intended for those who have an interest in the quantitative understanding of crop development, growth and yield, whether or not his primary interest is in constructing a model UR - https://dx.doi.org/10.1079/9781845939700.0000 ER -