Crop growth model predictions for environmental characterization (D4.2)

This deliverable is about the possibility to use crop growth models for predicting grain yield at variety and trial level when applied to multi-environmental trials used for varietal evaluation. This was first applied to sunflower and Terres Inovia post-registration trials (1431) from 2003 to 2020. This document pointed out the importance of an accurate soil characterization for final prediction with the SUNFLO crop growth model. In spite of uncertainties in predicting the response of a wide range of sunflower cultivars, the model could be used for the environmental characterization of each trial when sufficient crop management, climate and soil data are available.

The deliverable report can be accessed here.

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