TY - JOUR
T1 - Process-Based Crop Models in Soil Research
T2 - A Bibliometric Analysis
AU - Wimalasiri, Eranga M.
AU - Ariyachandra, Sachini
AU - Jayawardhana, Aruna
AU - Dharmasekara, Thejani
AU - Jahanshiri, Ebrahim
AU - Muttil, Nitin
AU - Rathnayake, Upaka
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2023 by the authors.
PY - 2023/6
Y1 - 2023/6
N2 - Different types of soil data are used in process-based crop models as input data. Crop models have a diverse range of applications, and soil research is one of them. This bibliographic analysis was conducted to assess the current literature on soil-related applications of crop models using two widely used crop models: Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) and Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT). The publications available in the Scopus database during the 2000–2021 period were assessed. Using 523 publications, a database on the application of process-based crop models in soil research was developed and published in an online repository, which is helpful in determining the specific application in different geographic locations. Soil-related applications on APSIM and DSSAT models were found in 41 and 43 countries, respectively. It was reported that selected crop models were used in soil water, physical properties, greenhouse gas emissions, N leaching, nutrient dynamics, and other physical and chemical properties related to applications. It can be concluded that a crop model is a promising tool for assessing a diverse range of soil-related processes in different geographic regions.
AB - Different types of soil data are used in process-based crop models as input data. Crop models have a diverse range of applications, and soil research is one of them. This bibliographic analysis was conducted to assess the current literature on soil-related applications of crop models using two widely used crop models: Agricultural Production Systems Simulator (APSIM) and Decision Support System for Agrotechnology Transfer (DSSAT). The publications available in the Scopus database during the 2000–2021 period were assessed. Using 523 publications, a database on the application of process-based crop models in soil research was developed and published in an online repository, which is helpful in determining the specific application in different geographic locations. Soil-related applications on APSIM and DSSAT models were found in 41 and 43 countries, respectively. It was reported that selected crop models were used in soil water, physical properties, greenhouse gas emissions, N leaching, nutrient dynamics, and other physical and chemical properties related to applications. It can be concluded that a crop model is a promising tool for assessing a diverse range of soil-related processes in different geographic regions.
KW - APSIM
KW - DSSAT
KW - Scopus
KW - agri-environmental modeling
KW - soil systems
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85163679781&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3390/soilsystems7020043
DO - 10.3390/soilsystems7020043
M3 - Review article
AN - SCOPUS:85163679781
SN - 2571-8789
VL - 7
JO - Soil Systems
JF - Soil Systems
IS - 2
M1 - 43
ER -
