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A dynamic simulation study of the impacts of enhanced UV-B radiation on winter wheat photosynthetic production and dry matter accumulation

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By using the system-dynamic software package STELLA, a simulative study was conducted on the photosynthetic productivity and change of the accumulated dry matter of wheat population, related to enhanced UV-B radiation that influences photosynthesis. The effects of daily temperature and crop physiological age on the photosynthesis rate were considered comprehensively. Statistical analysis was undertaken to assess the fitness between simulations and observations of accumulated dry matter by means of root-mean-square error and relative error. Results show that there is no significant difference between simulations and observations, indicating that the STELLA software is effective in imitating the growth. This software provides a new approach in establishing a simulative model for crop growth under the conditions of various climate and environment.

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This study is supported jointly by the Natural Science Foundation of China (No: 40775072), Jiangsu Key Laboratory of Meteorological Disaster (KLME05005), and the Foundation of Scientific Research of Nanjing University of Information Science & Technology (No: 20070023).

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    Rongjun Wu, Youfei Zheng & Jianjun Liu

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Wu, R., Zheng, Y. & Liu, J. A dynamic simulation study of the impacts of enhanced UV-B radiation on winter wheat photosynthetic production and dry matter accumulation. Agroforest Syst 77, 123–130 (2009). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10457-009-9231-0

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