Hello:

Yes, that's correct.  Some years ago we were working on estimating
coefficients for large numbers of varieties at once, a task requiring
several million runs.  We had to write a master program which
directed multiple networked processors to do the required runs, 100
at a time.

Steve Welch

On 12 Apr 2005 at 14:09, Margarita Ruiz Ramos wrote:

> Hello,
> as far as I know the maximum number is 99 and you have to build other
> experiment file  for simulating more treatments. 99 treatments per exp
> file
>
> Margarita Ruiz-Ramos
>
> At 01:42 12/04/2005 +0000, you wrote:
> >Hello,
> >
> >What is the maximum number of treatments that can be simulated within
> >a single experiment file?
> >
> >I am trying to simulate maize yield for a large number of cultivars
> >(N >100) within a single experimental file.  DSSAT runs fine on the
> >first 100 treatments, but then it quits giving me the following
> >error: "Error in field inputs.  check format. File: ZZ018484.MZX
> >line 232      Error key: IPFLD"
> >
> >I would appreciate any suggestions that people have on how I can fix
> >this problem.  Also, if anyone has created an experimental file with
> >more than 100 treatment levels I would appreciate it if you would be
> >willing to send me a copy.  Maybe by looking at the format of a
> >working experimental I can figure out where the read error is
> >occurring.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Steven Quiring
> >
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