Report describing the generic structure of WHEATPEST

Report describing the generic structure of WHEATPEST

This document introduces the principles and the general structure of WHEATPEST, a simple crop growth model for winter wheat which incorporates damage mechanisms caused by several pests (pathogens, insects, weeds), and which simulates the physiological effects of these pests on crop growth and yield.

The section 3.2 details the protocol for data collection to run the model, including assessment of weeds, animal pests (aphids) and diseases (take-all, eyespot, fusarium stem rot, fusarium head blight, septoria nodarum blotch, septoria tritici blotch, brown rust, yellow rust, powdery mildew, barley yallow dwarf virus).

Authors: Lebard S., Aubertot J-N., Lannou C, Mille B., Savary S. and Willocquet L.