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Implementation and Growers Evaluation of a Web-Based Nutrient Management
Plan Support (NUMAPS) System for Florida Crops
Research Team
Principal Investigators:
J.M. Scholberg, Agronomy Department,
University of Florida
H.W. Beck, Information Technology,
Agricultural and Biological Engineering, University of Florida
Co-Principal Investigators:
K. Morgan,
Soil and Water Science Department, University of Florida
S. Grunwald, Soil and Water Science
Department, University of Florida
T. Obreza, Soil and Water Science
Department, University of Florida
Time
10/2002 to 10/2006
Funding Source
Florida Department of Environmental
Protection
Objectives
The objective
of this project is to implement a web-based decision support (expert) system
that will
combine environmentally sound and economically feasible crop
production practices with production
system-specific information for the
design and implementation of Nutrient Management Plans (NMPs)
and Best
Management Practices (BMPs). We aim to take full advantage of current advances
in computer technology to
link scientific and site-specific information via user-friendly web-based
computer systems that provides optimal nutrient, irrigation and/or other crop
management recommendations. The implementation of this project is based on
object-oriented modeling design. The specific objectives of
this project are to use the modeling tool to simulate nitrogen cycling in
Florida citrus. It is planned to extend the model to sugarcane in the future.
Results
Beck.
H., K. Morgan, Y. Jung, S. Grunwald, H.-Y. Kwon. 2008. Ontology-based
simulation applied to soil, water and nutrient management. In P. Papajorgji
(ed.) Advances in Modeling Agricultural Systems, Springer, Berlin.
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