Esempi di applicazione della modellistica colturale a partire da dati sperimentali

As it was already mentioned in the previous chapters, experimental data collected in the field and crop growth simulation models should be considered as complementary tools for the analysis of agricultural crop growth. Growth models are useful, not only to apply the experimental results obtained at individual sites at a larger scale, but also to analyze the results obtained with field experiments. In order to handle experimental and simulated data it is necessary that field trials are carried out according to specific procedures (measured variables, number of samplings during growth cycle, etc.). In this chapter two examples are presented demonstrating a possible combined use of field experimental data and crop growth simulation models.