Crop rotation modelling—A European model intercomparison

• DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2015.06.007
• Publication Date: 2015-08-15T04:17:02Z
• Authors: Chris Kollas; Kurt Christian Ke...; Claas Nendel; Kiril Manevski; Christoph Müller; Taru Palosuo; Cecilia M. Armas-...; Nicolas Beaudoin; Marco Bindi; Monia Charfeddine; Tobias Conradt; Julie Constantin; Josef Eitzinger; Frank Ewert; Roberto Ferrise; Thomas Gaiser; Iñaki Garcia de C...; Luisa Giglio; Petr Hlavinka; Holger Hoffmann; Munir P. Hoffmann; Marie Launay; Remy Manderscheid; Bruno Mary; Wilfried Mirschel; Marco Moriondo; Jørgen E. Olesen; Isik Öztürk; Andreas Pacholski; Dominique Ripoche...; Pier Paolo Roggero; Svenja Roncossek; Reimund P. Rötter; Françoise Ruget; Behzad Sharif; Mirek Trnka; Domenico Ventrella; Katharina Waha; Martin Wegehenkel; Hans-Joachim Weigel; Lianhai Wu
• Keywords: mallintaminen; [SDV.SA]Life Sciences [q-bio]/Agricultural sciences; /dk/atira/pure/core/keywords/nachhaltigkeitswissenschaft; name=Sustainability Science; [INFO.INFO-OH]Computer Science [cs]/Other [cs.OH]; catch crops; catch crop Intermediate; Ympäristönsuojelu; Model ensemble; 630; Model ensembles; Crop simulation models; Catch crop; Intermediate Crop; Treatment; Multi-year; crop Treatment; model ensemble; catch crop; Crop simulation models; 2. Zero hunger; maaperä; multi-year; treatment; Catch crop; ddc:550; 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences; ta4111; 15. Life on land; simulointimallit; Intermediate crop; kasvinviljely; Treatment; Multi-year; intermediate crop; 13. Climate action; käsittely; Catch crop; Crop simulation models; Intermediate crop; Model ensemble; Multi-year; Treatment; Agronomy and Crop Science; Plant Science; Soil Science; 0401 agriculture, forestry, and fisheries; Kasvintuotanto; crop simulation models

Diversification of crop rotations is considered an option to increase the resilience of European crop production under climate change. So far, however, many crop simulation studies have focused on predicting single crops in separate one-year simulations. Here, we compared the capability of fifteen crop growth simulation models to predict yields in crop rotations at five sites across Europe under minimal calibration. Crop rotations encompassed 301 seasons of ten crop types common to European agriculture and a diverse set of treatments (irrigation, fertilisation, CO2 concentration, soil types, tillage, residues, intermediate or catch crops).