A Simplified Model of Corn Growth under Moisture Stress

ABSTRACT A mathematical model was developed to simulate the environmental and physiological processes involved in the growth of corn. Grain yields were ac-curately predicted even where inadequate irrigation caused decreased yield. Some predictions of crop growth patterns indicated that all of the dynamics of crop growth are not yet modeled in sufficient detail. How-ever, the accuracy of growth trends in general indi-cate that the model has considerable predictive power.