Systems Modeling

Achieving food security and economic developmental objectives in the face of climate change and rapid population growth requires systems modelling approaches, for example in the design of sustainable agriculture farming systems. Such approaches increase our understanding of system responses to different soil and climatic conditions, and provide insights into the effects of various variable climate change scenarios, providing valuable information for decision-makers. Further, in the agricultural sector, systems modelling can help optimise crop management and adaptation measures to boost productivity under variable climatic conditions. Presenting key outcomes from crop models used in agricultural systems this book is a valuable resource for professionals interested in using modelling approaches to manage the growth and improve the quality of various crops. Front Matter ....Pages i-xi Systems Modeling (Mukhtar Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 1-44 Crop Phenotyping (Muhammad Tariq, Mukhtar Ahmed, Pakeeza Iqbal, Zartash Fatima, Shakeel Ahmad)....Pages 45-60 Statistics and Modeling (Mukhtar Ahmed)....Pages 61-110 Dynamic Modeling (Mukhtar Ahmed, Muhammad Ali Raza, Taimoor Hussain)....Pages 111-150 Models Calibration and Evaluation (Mukhtar Ahmed, Shakeel Ahmad, Muhammad Ali Raza, Uttam Kumar, Muhammad Ansar, Ghulam Abbas Shah et al.)....Pages 151-178 Wheat Crop Modelling for Higher Production (Ahmed Mohammed Saad Kheir, Zheli Ding, Marwa Gamal Mohamed Ali, Til Feike, Aly Ismail Nagib Abdelaal, Abdelrazek Elnashar)....Pages 179-202 Genetic Analysis (Munir Ahmad, Rashid Mehmood Rana)....Pages 203-216 Sugarcane: Contribution of Process-Based Models for Understanding and Mitigating Impacts of Climate Variability and Change on Production (Henrique Boriolo Dias, Geoff Inman-Bamber)....Pages 217-260 Forecasting of Rainfed Wheat Yield in Pothwar Using Landsat 8 Satellite Imagery and DSSAT (Sana Younas, Mukhtar Ahmed, Naeem Abbas Malik)....Pages 261-293 Methane Production in Dairy Cows, Inhibition, Measurement, and Predicting Models (Mohammad Ramin, Juana C. Chagas, Sophie J. Krizsan)....Pages 295-306 Sunflower Modelling: A Review (Adnan Arshad, Muhammad Usman Ghani, Mahmood ul Hassan, Huma Qamar, Muhammad Zubair)....Pages 307-326 Disease Modeling as a Tool to Assess the Impacts of Climate Variability on Plant Diseases and Health (Muhammad Zeeshan Mehmood, Obaid Afzal, Muhammad Aqeel Aslam, Hasan Riaz, Muhammad Ali Raza, Shakeel Ahmed et al.)....Pages 327-351 Chickpea Modeling Under Rainfed Conditions (Afifa Javaid, Mukhtar Ahmed, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Mahmood-ul-Hassan, Munir Ahmad, Rifat Hayat)....Pages 353-382 Potato Modeling (Mukhtar Ahmed, Zartash Fatima, Pakeeza Iqbal, Thaira Kalsoom, Kashif Sarfraz Abbasi, Farid Asif Shaheen et al.)....Pages 383-401 Application of Generalized Additive Model for Rainfall Forecasting in Rainfed Pothwar, Pakistan (Mukhtar Ahmed, Fayyaz-ul-Hassan, Shakeel Ahmad, Rifat Hayat, Muhammad Ali Raza)....Pages 403-414 Back Matter ....Pages 415-425