Chinese researchers have started crop modeling activities approximately
since late 70's or early 80's.  However, the national research group
farmed in 1986, and started a 5-year national research project sponsored
by the Ministry of Agriculture.  We focused on wheat (Beijing
Agricultural University, Chinese Academy of Agriculture), rice (Jiangshu
Academy of Agriculture, Guangdong Academy of Agriculture), corn
(Shenyang Agricultural University and Chinese Academy of Agriculture)
and cotton (cotton Institute of Chinese Academy of Agriculture).
 
In 1989, Dr. Joe Ritchie went to Nanjing to have a workshop with the
research group and other researchers who were interested in modeling.
After that, Shenyang Agricultural University, the group I was in,
combined CERES Maize with expert system to build framework of a decision
support system.  This framework also contained weather generator.  The
rice and wheat groups basically had their own approaches and cotton
group somehow had some relationship with GOSSYM-COMAX.
 
The results of the first 5-year were pretty good, so from 1991, this
national research project continued another 5 year period with the
similar research groups.  I am not sure what were the results since I
was gone.  Now a new project is launched supported by Ministry of
Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation.  At least one of my former
colleagues is involving in this project.  I think Dr. Hong Wang and Dr.
Yih-Wu James may know more about that.  Meanwhile, I guess there are
some other groups involving the crop modeling, too.  One of group may be
from meteorology Institute of Chinese Academy of Agriculture for climate
warming.
 
As far as I know, no researchers or groups have worked on sorghum
specifically.  However, I know a couple of leading Chinese scientists of
(sweet) sorghum in breeding and agricultural engineering.  They are all
very active internationally, too.  Let me know if you need their
addresses.
 
Jun
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>From:  Jeremy Woods[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Monday, October 13, 1997 4:15 AM
>To:    [log in to unmask]
>Subject:       Re: DSSAT in China- application examples
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>I have just returned from the First International Sweet Sorghum =
>Conference, held in Beijing last month and did not hear any mention of =
>computer-based crop modeling activities in China. =20
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>Does anyone know of any Chinese research groups actively using DSSAT in =
>China?  I am particularly interested in sorghum, but it would be =
>interesting to hear about other crop modelling work over there.
>___________________________________________________
>Jeremy Woods
>Life Sciences
>King's College London
>London W8 7AH
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>From:  Hong Wang[SMTP:[log in to unmask]]
>Sent:  Friday, 10 October, 1997 03:24
>To:  [log in to unmask]
>Subject:  DSSAT application examples
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>We are going to have a presentation on DSSAT in China. Are there
>anyone can tell us actual examples for the use of DSSAT in agriculture
>production and environment management?
>