I am looking for a process models that I can use to simulate carbon allocation in herbaceous species (I want to compare it against experimental data). Any advice or suggestions?
I’ve not worked with models for carbon allocation, but I also guess that models which include the tillering should be effective to provide a good picture in the carbon partitioning. Working with a high yield grass on a growth curve study in response to N supply the tillering provided us a quite significant response.
CENTURY is probably the "standard" model (in my mind). ROTH-C could also be used. CENTURY is a bit more complicated to run and requires more info, but does include N-cycle. ROTH-C is very simple to use and has less input, but only does carbon modelling so is limited. :-)