Agrotool — A system for crop simulation

Abstract

A system for simulation of crop dynamics is described. It includes a dynamic crop model for several cultures and a model shell. The model permits to simulate crop dynamics on the second level of plant productivity. The model shell serves for organization and implementation of series of computer experiments in dialogue regime. As it is known, soil and climatic conditions in the majority of Russia's regions differ from that in West Europe in a principal way. It especially concerns the continental Russia regions where deep droughts regularly occur, or Northwest regions, which are subjected to excess of water. So a special attention in model development was paid on account of the influence of water stress on plant production process.

Keywords :

• Agro-ecosystem
• model
• plant growth
• soil water dynamics
• photosynthesis
• evapotranspiration