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EPIC model parameters for cereal, oilseed, and forage crops in the northern Great Plains region

Publication: Canadian Journal of Plant ScienceJuly 1995https://doi.org/10.4141/cjps95-114

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The EPIC computer simulation model has potential for assessing agricultural management scenarios in the northern Great Plains region of the United States and western Canada. The objectives of this study were to develop parameters for economically important crop and forage species grown in these regions and to determine whether EPIC could use these parameters to reasonably simulate yields. Parameters for leaf-area development, temperature responses, biomass growth and partitioning, and nutrient concentrations were derived from data in the literature for spring canola, wheat, barley, maize and six forage species. Because of the growing importance of canola in Canada and the United States, much emphasis was placed on deriving its parameters. With these inputs, EPIC reasonably simulated forage and crop yields in six locations and canola yields in four locations. The model should provide reasonable simulations for a wide range of applications throughout these regions. Key words: simulation modeling, canola, agricultural management

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Le modèle de simulation EPIC est capable d'évaluer différentes pratiques culturales dans la partie nord de la grande plaine des États-Unis et dans la région ouest du Canada. L'objectif de cette étude est d'adapter les paramètres d'EPIC aux conditions de ces régions pour les cultures et les espèces fourragères qui ont une importance économique et déterminer si EPIC peut raisonnablement simuler le rendement. Les paramètres qui permettent de simuler le développement foliaire, l'influence de la température, la croissance en biomasse et sa répartition, ainsi que la concentration en minéraux, ont été obtenus pour le colza de printemps, le blé, l'orge, le maïs et six espèces fourragères à partir de données publiées. En raison de l'importance croissante du colza au Canada et aux États-Unis, l'attention a été plus particulièrement portée sur l'obtention des paramètres relatifs à cette culture. Avec ces données, EPIC a simulé de façon satisfaisante la production fourragère et les rendements en graines dans six endroits différents et le rendement en graine du colza dans quatre situations géographiques. Le modèle devrait permettre une simulation satisfaisante pour une large gamme de conditions culturales dans ces régions. Mots clés : Simulation, colza, méthode culturale

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Canadian Journal of Plant Science
Volume 75Number 3July 1995
Pages: 679 - 688

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