The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

1 Introduction Traditionally, research for agricultural development and improvement is based
on small plot experiments that are conducted for multiple years on a research station and, on …

Crop models can aid the synthesis and application of knowledge, planning of experiments
and forecasting in agricultural systems. Few studies have reviewed the uses and …

Tropical grasses are used as forage, to produce energy from biomass, for land restoration
and carbon sequestration, among other applications. Many modelling approaches have …

Alfalfa is the main forage legume in crop livestock systems worldwide. There is still a scarcity
of perennial crop models for alfalfa simulation. Regrowth and herbage yield depend on …

The use of long-term forage production simulation is important to studies of strategic
scenarios, yield-gap predictions and production risk analysis. However, forage models have …

Silvopastoral systems are important to intensify pasture production and mitigate climate
change effects. However, very few studies have been performed to adapt crop models to …

Alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) is the predominant forage legume species in Canada and is
considered a prioritized option for sustainable cropping under climate change. Crop growth …

Brachiaria and Cynodon are two of the most important pasture grasses worldwide.
Computer model simulations can be used to study pasture species growth and physiological …

Process-based simulation models, such as land surface (LSM) and crop models, are useful
tools for studying the impacts of the environment, management and genotype on agricultural …