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Release notes

v4.8.2.0, 2023-08-03 (previous release v4.8.0.027, 2021-04-27)

  • New Crop models

    • Carinata - CROPGRO
    • Guar - CROPGRO
    • Guinea grass - FORAGE
    • Strawberry - CROPGRO

  • New Functionality

    • Soil Temperature default method switched from Ritchie equation to average daily temperature (TAVG).
    • Automatic MOW for Forage crops.
    • Multi-Harvest for CROPGRO crops.
    • N20 csv output file.
    • Added Crop status column to Summary.OUT (status of crop at end of simulation).
    • Fertigation fertilizer placed at user-specified depth.
    • Output potential root water uptake in ET.OUT.
    • Input Soil alternative electron acceptors (SAEA) in soil analysis section of FileX, default value of 26.5 mol Ceq/m3
    • Fertilizers affect buffer for methane production.
    • Added model respose to user-specified water table inputs.
    • PEST Module and MOW file now accept dates in 2- and 4-digit year format.

  • Plant model revisions

    • ALOHA
      • Rollback of PineApple model to version v4.7.5.26.
    • AROID
      • Calibrated cultivar coefficients for Taro with GLUE HPC.
    • CANEGRO
      • Removed hard-coded PORMIN.
      • Increased root length density based on literature.
      • Added plant response to soil Nitrogen.
    • CERES
      • Separated CERES main subroutine file into multiple files.
      • Fixed CERES-Maize issue with germination and emergence failure.
      • Calibrated cultivar coefficients for Barley, Wheat, Maize, Millet, Sorghum and Rice with GLUE HPC.
    • CROPGRO
      • Added time required for pod/fruit to reach harvest maturity (XMAGE) for crops that use fresh weight.
      • Added new Species parameters for Nitrogen mining, leaf growth and canopy.
      • Calibrated genetics for CROPGRO crops.
      • Updated genetics for fresh weight crops.
      • Improved handling of C and N mining for Multi-Harvest.
    • CROPSIM
      • Separated CROPSIM main subroutine file into multiple files.
      • Added protection to avoid zero division when calculating VRNSTAGE in CROPSIM model.
    • MANIHOT
      • Update genetics for Cassava.
    • NWHEAT
      • Simplified ozone equations for NWheat.
      • Removed FOZ2 and SFOZ2 parameters from NWheat Ecotype file.
    • SAMUCA
      • Fixed protections with CSM subroutines to simulate under extreme latitudes.
      • Updated Local variables description.
      • Parameter simplification phyllochron = plastochron.
      • Soil temperature effect switched-off until SoilT improvements are done.
      • Recalibration of all cultivars using air temperature.
    • SUBSTOR
      • Added protection for leaf senescence factor due to temperature (SLFT).
      • Calibrated cultivar coefficients for Potato with GLUE HPC.

  • Miscellaneous

    • Added protections for input extreme latitudes in FileX.
    • Updated and revised WARNING.OUT messages.
    • Checked for missing input codes for tillage, fertilzer, residue and chemical in FileX.
    • Reincorporated evapotranspiration parameters into the Species files.
    • Stopped model for undefined PET flag and update error checking for ASCE parameters.
    • Made ASCE ET robust for various weather file formats.
    • Removed static CMake install prefix for UNIX systems.
    • Updated start simulation date for 4-digit year to avoid stop the model.
    • Updated CO2 concentration to current August 4, 2023.
    • Reduced number of compile warnings.
    • Handled multiple fertilizers in one day correctly.
    • Removed WORK.OUT output.
    • Prevent negative NO3 and NH4 values in the FORAGE model.
    • Prevent total nitrogen uptake (TRNU) to avoid division by zero.
    • New Default directory under data for Simulation Control settings for Xbuild and XB2.
    • Weather variable definitions for Weatherman.
    • Updated error messages.
    • Updated variable definitions in DATA.CDE.
    • BatchFiles in the Data directory.
    • Updated CDE data files.
    • Replaced DATA.CDE with ASCII to UTF-8 file format.
    • Changed SweetCorn FreshWT header to match CROPGRO FreshWt header.
    • Removed unused Nitrogen Stress parameters read from plant input.
    • Cleaned up genotype files unused comments and updated files based on CROPGRO standard.
    • Added by-product harvested to MgmtEvent.OUT.