Development of APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) and its application

Abstract

Abstract: Soil crop simulator model is an effective tool for providing decision on agricultural management.APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) was developed to simulate the biophysical process in farming system,and particularly in the economic and ecological features of the systems under climatic risk.The current literatures revealed that APSIMcould be applied in wide zone,including temperate continental,temperate maritime,sub tropic and arid climate,and Mediterranean climates,with the soil type of clay,duplex soil,vertisol,silt sandy,silt loam and silt clay loam.More than 20 crops have been simulated well.APSIMis powerful on describing crop structure,crop sequence,yield prediction,and quality control as well as erosion estimation under different planting pattern.

Key words: APSIM, Loess Plateau, Simulator model

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SHEN Yuying, NAN Zhibiao, Bill Bellotti, Michael Robertson, CHEN Wen, SHAO Xinqing . Development of APSIM (Agricultural Production Systems Simulator) and its application[J]. Chinese Journal of Applied Ecology, 2002, (8): 1027-1032.

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