Planning to do Graduate thesis in the field of DSSAT, Rice crop. Have moderate level data availability. Please suggest me on this. Thank you in advance.
Yes this is the best crop model till date involving almost all the aspect of crop growth,,,but needs mulch aspect to be included in its updated versions
The DSSAT is the option for crop modeling studies and climate change impact analysis. It can be applied for Seasonal, Sequential, Spatial, Climate Change and Yield Gap analysis. It is the most widely used crop model for Decision Support System for Agro-Technology Transfer. The most recent training workshop has been concluded in May from 15-20 May 2023. The next year in 2024 the workshop will be from May 20-25, 2024.
The further details are available at www.dssat.net
DSSAT is versatile process based model as it can help in the designing of ideotypes, agronomic maangemnets, climate adaptation,can serve as valuable decision support tools for optimizing in-season nitrogen fertilization. The only thing is you should have understanding/knowledge of process based modeling with availability of quality dataset. See further detail at its webpage: https://dssat.net/