International Consortium for Sugarcane Modelling

Date: June 26 - June 27, 2017

Venue: KwaShukela, 170 Flanders Drive, Mount Edgecombe, Durban, South Africa

The International Consortium for Sugarcane Modelling (ICSM) is conducting a project to gain a better understanding of the physiological mechanisms underlying the genetic variation in sugarcane response to environmental factors. Experiments have been conducted in Florida, Zimbabwe, South Africa and Reunion Island to gather important growth analysis data for a common set of diverse cultivars. This together with other available data will be used to simulate genotype by environment interactions using different sugarcane models.

The aim of this workshop is to explore different approaches to the simulation of genetic trait impacts in sugarcane and to develop concepts for improved modelling capabilities in this area. Specifically we want delegates and especially Matthew Jones (appointed Ph.D. student for modelling) to better understand the approaches used in the Mosicas, Canegro and APSIM-sugar models, especially the simulation of genetic trait impacts, and to apply these models to the ICSM data set. By the end of the workshop we would like to have:

• Model simulations for each of the ICSM experiments,
• Ideas for improved simulation of genetic impacts,
• Pointers to more data sets and literature and other resources to assist with further model development.

ICSM participants are encouraged to bring laptops along for code and data analysis and simulation.

Look forward to seeing there!

Presentations

• Workshop handout
• Mathias Christina - Simulating genotype performance with Mosicas
• Hoffman et al - Trait parameter estimation and ideotyping with Canegro
• Inman-Bamber et al - Trait modelling with APSIM
• Jackson et al - Selecting sugarcane with higher transpiration efficiency
• Jones et al - Process-level comparison of approaches to simulating environmental and genetic effects
• Singels et al - Sugarcane trait modelling at SASRI