Model | Focus of model | Input parameters for model | Physiological process simulated | Sample References |
Crop-Environment Resource Synthesis (CERES)-Maize | Simulate growth and yield | Weather, crop, soil and management | Phenology, photoperiod, biomass, canopy development, water and nitrogen dynamics | |
Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) | Simulate growth and yield | Temperature, soil, precipitation and solarradiation | Phenology, biomass, canopy, root system, senescence pools, water, nitrogen and phosphorus | |
Statistical crop yield model | Yield estimation | Radiation, water deficit, average temperature, frost, and heat stress. | Simulate growth, development and yield, the soil and plant water, nitrogen and carbon Balances | |
Cropping Systems Simulation Model (CropSyst) | Simulate growth and yield | Daily weather, soil profile properties and crop management | Daily biomass accumulation | |
World Food Studies (WOFOST) crop model | Simulate growth and yield | Weather data, soil data, crop management data | Light interception, photosynthesis and respiration, evapotranspiration, leaf area dynamics, phonology and root growth | |
AquaCrop | Yield estimation | Weather, crop and characteristics, management practices | Effect of water stress on crop development, crop transpiration ground biomass and yield and water uptake | |
Decision Support System for Agro-technology Transfer (DSSAT) | Yield estimation | Weather, soil data and crop management data. | Growth, development and yield, the soil and plant water, nitrogen and carbon balances | |
InfoCrop | Yield estimation | Weather, cultivar, agronomic inputs, soil data | Crop and development, effects of water, nitrogen, temperature, crop-pest interactions, soil water balance | |
Environmental Policy Integrated Climate model (EPIC) | Yield estimation | Topography, land cover, weather, soil, management, and plant parameters | Biomass to energy ratio, the harvest index, planting density, photosynthetic active radiation, radiation use efficiency factor, and vapor pressure deficit | |
General Large Area Model (GLAM) | Yield estimation | Weather, crop parameters, soil properties, management practices | Biomass, harvest index, nutrient deficiency | |
CROPWAT | Determine crop water requirements | Temperature, wind speed, sun-shine hours, relative humidity and rainfall | Crop water requirements | |
Maximum Entropy (MaxEnt) model | Geographical distribution and climate suitability of species | Bioclimatic variables including annual precipitation, annual temperature | Habitat suitability | |
4M crop | Yield estimation | Solar radiation, temperature and precipitation | Development and growth of plants and the heat, water and nutrient balance of the soil | |
Agro-Integrated Biosphere Simulator (Agro-IBIS) | Yield estimation | solar radiation, temperature, precipitation, humidity, wind speed, and soil properties | Leaf growth, and soil carbon storage and turnover | |
AgroMetShell | Yield simulation | Precipitation, potential evapotranspiration | total water requirement, excess soil water, soil water deficit and water satisfaction index | |