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AquaCrop--The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: I. Concepts and Underlying Principles

Agronomy journal, 2009-05, Vol.101 (3), p.426-437 [Peer Reviewed Journal]

Copyright © 2009 by the American Society of Agronomy ;ISSN: 0002-1962 ;EISSN: 1435-0645 ;DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0139s

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  • Title:
    AquaCrop--The FAO Crop Model to Simulate Yield Response to Water: I. Concepts and Underlying Principles
  • Author: Steduto, Pasquale ; Hsiao, Theodore C ; Raes, Dirk ; Fereres, Elias
  • Subjects: AquaCrop model ; carbon dioxide ; crop models ; crop yield ; crops ; deficit irrigation ; dry matter accumulation ; dry matter partitioning ; dryland farming ; evaporation ; Food and Agriculture Organization ; geographical variation ; harvest index ; heat sums ; irrigated farming ; leaf area index ; seasonal variation ; senescence ; simulation models ; transpiration ; vegetation cover ; vegetative growth ; water use efficiency
  • Is Part Of: Agronomy journal, 2009-05, Vol.101 (3), p.426-437
  • Description: This article introduces the FAO crop model AquaCrop. It simulates attainable yields of major herbaceous crops as a function of water consumption under rainfed, supplemental, deficit, and full irrigation conditions. The growth engine of AquaCrop is water-driven, in that transpiration is calculated first and translated into biomass using a conservative, crop-specific parameter: the biomass water productivity, normalized for atmospheric evaporative demand and air CO2 concentration. The normalization is to make AquaCrop applicable to diverse locations and seasons. Simulations are performed on thermal time, but can be on calendar time, in daily time-steps. The model uses canopy ground cover instead of leaf area index (LAI) as the basis to calculate transpiration and to separate out soil evaporation from transpiration. Crop yield is calculated as the product of biomass and harvest index (HI). At the start of yield formation period, HI increases linearly with time after a lag phase, until near physiological maturity. Other than for the yield, there is no biomass partitioning into the various organs. Crop responses to water deficits are simulated with four modifiers that are functions of fractional available soil water modulated by evaporative demand, based on the differential sensitivity to water stress of four key plant processes: canopy expansion, stomatal control of transpiration, canopy senescence, and HI. The HI can be modified negatively or positively, depending on stress level, timing, and canopy duration. AquaCrop uses a relatively small number of parameters (explicit and mostly intuitive) and attempts to balance simplicity, accuracy, and robustness. The model is aimed mainly at practitioner-type end-users such as those working for extension services, consulting engineers, governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, and various kinds of farmers associations. It is also designed to fit the need of economists and policy specialists who use simple models for planning and scenario analysis.
  • Publisher: Madison: American Society of Agronomy
  • Language: English
  • Identifier: ISSN: 0002-1962
    EISSN: 1435-0645
    DOI: 10.2134/agronj2008.0139s
  • Source: ProQuest Central
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