WOFOST, model for quantitative analysis of the growth and production of the main annual crops

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    General
    Name
    WOFOST
    Program type
    Crop growth simulation model
    Available since
    Description

    WOFOST is a model that can simulate the growth of any annual crop at any location. To facilitate this, the crop, soil and weather parameters and data are stored in separate data files. Production analyses and yield forecasting at the regional, national and continental scales can easily be done by doing simulation runs for combinations of soil, crop and weather types representative for the studied area. The crop growth simulation approach is similar to that in the SUCROS model.  See for more information, the WOFOST model website on:

    http://www.wofost.wur.nl/UK/

     

    Scale of application
    field
    Spatial resolution
    ha
    Key outputs

    Total biomass, yield, dates of antheis and maturity, harvest index, evaporation, crop transpiration, percolation

    Time horizon
    growth period
    Time step of modeling
    day
    Required to run

    Text editor for data files

    Required to develop

    Visual FORTRAN

    Database I/O
    text editor
    Examples

    See examples on the WOFOST website:

    http://www.wofost.wur.nl/UK

     

     

    Applications & Use

    Application at regional scale such as yield forecasting for the European Union or production potential calculations for oil and/or energy crops in regions and/or countries

    Author(s)
    Joost Wolf, Allard de Wit
    Address
    WUR, Plant Production Systems, P.O. Box 430, 6700 AK Wageningen, The Netherlands