Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method

A crop growth model, integrating genotype, environment, and management factor, was developed to serve as an analytical tool to study the influence of these factors on crop growth, production, and agricultural planning. A major challenge of model application is the optimization and calibration of a c...

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Main Authors: Zhen-hai LI, Xiu-liang JIN, Hai-long LIU, Xin-gang XU, Ji-hua WANG
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Published: KeAi Communications Co., Ltd. 2019-07-01
Series:Journal of Integrative Agriculture
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author Zhen-hai LI
Xiu-liang JIN
Hai-long LIU
Xin-gang XU
Ji-hua WANG
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Xiu-liang JIN
Hai-long LIU
Xin-gang XU
Ji-hua WANG
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description A crop growth model, integrating genotype, environment, and management factor, was developed to serve as an analytical tool to study the influence of these factors on crop growth, production, and agricultural planning. A major challenge of model application is the optimization and calibration of a considerable number of parameters. Sensitivity analysis (SA) has become an effective method to identify the importance of various parameters. In this study, the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (EFAST) approach was used to evaluate the sensitivity of the DSSAT-CERES model output responses of interest to 39 crop genotype parameters and six soil parameters. The outputs for the SA included grain yield and quality (take grain protein content (GPC) as an indicator) at maturity stage, as well as leaf area index, aboveground biomass, and aboveground nitrogen accumulation at the critical process variables. The key results showed that: (1) the influence of parameter bounds on the sensitivity results was slight and less than the impacts from the significance of the parameters themselves; (2) the sensitivity parameters of grain yield and GPC were different, and the sensitivity of the interactions between parameters to GPC was greater than those between the parameters to grain yield; and (3) the sensitivity analyses of some process variables, including leaf area index, aboveground biomass, and aboveground nitrogen accumulation, should be performed differently. Finally, some parameters, which improve the model's structure and the accuracy of the process simulation, should not be ignored when maturity output as an objective variable is studied.
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spelling doaj-art-a3eae86e99f146f0b9c0a47a022fa7af2025-08-20T03:56:59ZengKeAi Communications Co., Ltd.Journal of Integrative Agriculture2095-31192019-07-011871547156110.1016/S2095-3119(18)62046-5Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test methodZhen-hai LI0Xiu-liang JIN1Hai-long LIU2Xin-gang XU3Ji-hua WANG4Key Laboratory of Agri-Informatics, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100097, P.R.China; Beijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, P.R.China; Correspondence LI Zhen-hai, Tel: +86-10-51503215UMR EMMAH, INRA, NAPV, Avignon 84914, FranceAgricultural Information Institute, Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences/Key Laboratory of Agri-Information Service Technology, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing 100081, P.R.ChinaBeijing Research Center for Information Technology in Agriculture, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, P.R.China; Correspondence XU Xin-gang, Tel: +86-10-51503215Beijing Research Center for Agri-Food Testing and Farmland Monitoring, Beijing Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences, Beijing 100097, P.R.China; Correspondence WANG Ji-hua, Tel: +86-10-51503215A crop growth model, integrating genotype, environment, and management factor, was developed to serve as an analytical tool to study the influence of these factors on crop growth, production, and agricultural planning. A major challenge of model application is the optimization and calibration of a considerable number of parameters. Sensitivity analysis (SA) has become an effective method to identify the importance of various parameters. In this study, the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test (EFAST) approach was used to evaluate the sensitivity of the DSSAT-CERES model output responses of interest to 39 crop genotype parameters and six soil parameters. The outputs for the SA included grain yield and quality (take grain protein content (GPC) as an indicator) at maturity stage, as well as leaf area index, aboveground biomass, and aboveground nitrogen accumulation at the critical process variables. The key results showed that: (1) the influence of parameter bounds on the sensitivity results was slight and less than the impacts from the significance of the parameters themselves; (2) the sensitivity parameters of grain yield and GPC were different, and the sensitivity of the interactions between parameters to GPC was greater than those between the parameters to grain yield; and (3) the sensitivity analyses of some process variables, including leaf area index, aboveground biomass, and aboveground nitrogen accumulation, should be performed differently. Finally, some parameters, which improve the model's structure and the accuracy of the process simulation, should not be ignored when maturity output as an objective variable is studied.http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311918620465global sensitivity analysisDSSATEFASTwheatyieldgrain protein content
spellingShingle Zhen-hai LI
Xiu-liang JIN
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Ji-hua WANG
Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method
Journal of Integrative Agriculture
global sensitivity analysis
DSSAT
EFAST
wheat
yield
grain protein content
title Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method
title_full Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method
title_fullStr Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method
title_full_unstemmed Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method
title_short Global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the DSSAT-CERES model based on the extended Fourier Amplitude Sensitivity Test method
title_sort global sensitivity analysis of wheat grain yield and quality and the related process variables from the dssat ceres model based on the extended fourier amplitude sensitivity test method
topic global sensitivity analysis
DSSAT
EFAST
wheat
yield
grain protein content
url http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2095311918620465
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