Activity 2
Crop yield monitoring using BioMA platform

The activity is developed to monitor rice or wheat yield in the two target regions using a multi-model approach. The specificity of the platform lies on its capacity of capturing the peculiarities of specific sites and/or seasons through the different sensitivity of the implemented models to driving variables. The following tasks are structured:

• Data collection for BioMA adaptation to China (rice) and Morocco (wheat)
• Calibration of the BioMA models for rice in JIANGHUAI Plain (China) and for wheat (Morocco)
• Evaluation of the BioMA suitability for multi-model monitoring and yield forecasting of rice in JIANGHUAI Plain, China and wheat in Morocco
• Deployment of adapted software platform to local users

 

Figure Crop mask of rice (green areas) in the Jiangsu province

 

Figure Maximum value of aboveground biomass simulated by WARM in: a) 1999 growing season; b) 2006 growing season. Grid cell resolution is about 25×25 km.

 

A BioMA plateform containing two crop simulators CropSyst and WOFOST for wheat growth monitoring has been implemented and evaluated.

Figure: Crop mask of wheat (green areas) in Morocco

 

Figure: Maximum value of aboveground biomass of the soft high variety simulated by CropSyst in: a) 2010 growing season; b) 2012 growing season, under water limited conditions.

 

Figure:Rice simulated by WARM for potential, disease-limited, and a-biotic factors-limited conditions.

 

Figure: Simulation of rice in Jiangsu: the BioMA graphical user interface