Dear Dr. Wilkens, Kindly send me details for enroloment for the training program on DSSAT. I shall depute one or two candidate from my organisation for attending the training. With best regards and Happy Christmas Sincerely Saseendran >From: "Wilkens, Paul W. <[log in to unmask]>" <[log in to unmask]> >Reply-To: DSSAT - Crop Models and Applications <[log in to unmask]> >To: [log in to unmask] >Subject: IFDC-TNAU International Training Program on Computer Simulation f > or Crop Growth and Resource Management >Date: Mon, 20 Dec 1999 13:05:14 -0600 > >Apologies for cross-posting > >In co-sponsorship with the International Consortium for Agricultural >Systems Applications and Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, the >International >Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC) is organizing an International >Training > >Program on Computer Simulation for Crop Growth and Management Responses >to be held in Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India, during February 21-March 3, >2000. > >The program will describe the practical approaches to simulating the >effects of soil, climatic, management, and pest factors and their >interaction with the input needs of crops. The program will demonstrate how >the >processes of crop growth and development, water use, uptake of nutrients >and > >response to irrigation, fertilizer, and other management decisions can be >simulated. >The program will make extensive use of "hands-on" practical sessions on >personal >computers that demonstrate the application of simulation models to cropping >systems in various regions of the world. Together with these applications, >the >methods for assessing the economic risks and environmental impacts >associated with agricultural production in real world problems will be >discussed. >Procedures for managing soil, crop, and weather data will be described. > >The program will make extensive use of the CERES-Rice, CERES-Wheat, >and CROPGRO models for peanut and soybean. These crop simulation >models and models for maize, sorghum, barley, dry bean, chickpea, >potato, aroids, cassava, sugarcane, and sunflower, together with data >preparation, and application programs have been integrated into the new >Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT) v3.5 >software package. Techniques for simulation of synthetic weather sequences >will be described. Programs to create, run, and analyze both single season >simulations and crop rotation simulations will be explained. Participants >will >be provided with a complete copy of DSSAT v3.5, user manuals, and >textbooks. > >To enroll, or to request more information (including an enrollment form), >please respond to mailto:[log in to unmask] . Details of the training program >can also be obtained by visiting our web site: http://www.ifdc.org. > >Sincerely, > >Paul Wilkens >International Fertilizer Development Center >P.O. Box 2040 >Muscle Shoals, Alabama 35630 > >(256) 381-6600 (Tel) >(256) 381-7408 (Fax) > >[log in to unmask] >http://www.ifdc.org/ ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com