West Lafayette Scenario Simulation of Sorghum Hybrids Using Historical Weather Data

<p>In the following simulations, APSIM (version 7.9, built number is r4044) software is required. <a href="https://www.apsim.info/download-apsim/">https://www.apsim.info/download-apsim/</a></p> <p>The West Lafayette scenario simulations use the sorghum physiology parameters from 2018 West Lafayette (SorghumXMLOutputUQ) to run APSIM simulations of sorghum hybrids grown in West Lafayette, IN using historical weather data from 1980 to 2017. In the simulation, we assumed the sowing date for all years was June 1 and the plant density was 20 plants/m<sup>2</sup> under rainfed conditions.  The simulations were run using the weather data (WLall.met) and physiology parameter files (SorghumXMLOutputUQ) to simulate the production of sorghum hybrids harvested at 80, 100, and 120 days after sowing (WLallyearsEnd80DAS.apsim, WLallyearsEnd100DAS.apsim, and WLallyearsEnd120DAS.apsim).</p>