Hi Melkamu, I did maize-cowpea intercrop modeling for my PhD research in Australia some years back. There is a template for intercropping within APSIM, the generic software of the APSRU (Agricultural Production Systems Research Unit) in Toowoomba, Australia. Contact Dr. Peter Carberry of the DPI/CSIRO, APSRU, Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia for some more info. You may also contact Prof. R. Caldwell. He was formerly in the University of Hawaii but I am not sure whether he is still there. He has done several works in intercrop modelling. Cheers Samuel Adiku Dept. of Soil Science, University of Ghana Legon, Accra Ghana >From: Melkamu Jate <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: DSSAT - Crop Models and Applications <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: Alfalfa and maize integrated production >Date: Wed, 5 Dec 2001 12:53:20 -0500 > >1.For Modelling of Alfalfa and Maize intercropping and rotation,is it >recomandable to use CERES? >2.Would you send me copies of Genetic coefficients files of CERES - >alfalfa and CERES non -silage maize? >3.Any sugestions concerning Modelling of Alfalfa and non-silage Maize which >are helpful for analysis of my experimental data. > >Melkamu Jate, M.Sc.student: Hohenheim university, Germany _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp