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MODELLING POTENTIAL CROP GROWTH PROCESSES
TEXTBOOK WITH EXERCISES |
| By: |
J. Goudriaan, H. H. van Laar |
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Paperback |
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£159.99 |
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| ISBN 10: |
0792332202 |
| ISBN 13: |
9780792332206 |
| Publisher: |
KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS |
| Pub. date: |
31 October, 1994 |
| Edition: |
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1994 |
| Series: |
Current Issues in Production Ecology v. 2 |
| Pages: |
239 |
| Description: |
This textbook contains the material for a course in the major principles of modelling crop growth processes. Chapter by chapter, the book leads the reader to different modelled aspects of crop growth, providing the reader with a good understanding of the Wageningen simulation model SUCROS. |
| Synopsis: |
We dedicate this book to professor C. T. de Wit (1924 - 1993) who initiated Production Ecology as a school of thought at the Wageningen Agricultural Univer- sity (see Rabbinge et at. , 1990). To acknowledge the leading role of C. T. de Wit, a recently formed graduate school at this university in Production Ecology was named after him. Production Ecology is the study of ecological processes, with special attention to flows of energy and matter as factors that determine the productivity of ecological systems. Agro-ecosystems are a special case of ecosystems which are much better suited for the productivity approach than natural ecosystems are. This is the reason for the strong role of agricultural research in production ecology. On the other hand, it must be recognized that the spatial heterogeneity of natural ecosys- tems and their species richness may alter some ecophysiological relationships. However, the basic physical, chemical and physiological processes will be the same. De Wit introduced the state variable approach as the basis for simulation mod- elling.In this approach the floating character of nature is schematized into a series of snapshots over time in which the states are frozen at each separate moment. The current state determines how the rates of change will lead to the next snapshot. This way of thinking enables a clear and workable representation of interacting simul- taneous processes, without compromising on the mathematics. |
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biography |
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US |
| Imprint: |
Kluwer Academic Publishers |
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Non-returnable |
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