Agronomy for Sustainable Development - Virtual issue on “Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM): modelling new technologies, applications and frontiers”
The Agricultural Production Systems sIMulator (APSIM (this opens in a new tab)) is internationally recognised as an advanced platform for modelling and simulation of agricultural systems. It contains a suite of modules that enable the simulation of systems for a diverse range of plant, animal, soil, climate and management interactions. APSIM is still rapidly evolving to respond to new challenges and new demands.
The Virtual Issue focuses on recent advances in technologies and applications of APSIM relative to agricultural production in:
- Software and science development in APSIM, and related tools
- Cropping systems, pasture management, agroforestry and farming systems
- Environmental, agronomic and socio-economic risk and impact assessments
- Genotype x Environment x Management adaptation
- Linking APSIM with new technologies
- Modelling Soil-Plant-Atmosphere interactions
- Mitigation and adaptation to climate change
Contributions including inter- and trans-disciplinary approaches are welcome.
Important dates
Submission start: 1 July 2021
Submission deadline: 31 April 2022
Submission process
Manuscripts within ASD’s scope (this opens in a new tab) should be submitted online (this opens in a new tab) as regular ASD articles (review and research articles) and should follow the journal submission guidelines (this opens in a new tab). The cover letter submitted with the manuscript should have the following heading: “submission to the APSIM virtual issue”. Manuscripts will be handled by guest associate editors and peer-reviewed as regular articles. If accepted, they will be published in the journal before being gathered in the virtual issue.
Guest editors
Dr Karine Chenu (this opens in a new tab), The University of Queensland (UQ), Queensland Alliance for Agriculture and Food Innovation (QAAFI), Toowoomba, Queensland, Australia
Dr Peter Thorburn (this opens in a new tab), Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation (CSIRO), Brisbane, Queensland, Australia
Ass. Prof. Matthew Harrison (this opens in a new tab), Tasmanian Institute of Agriculture, Burnie, Tasmania, Australia
Ass. Prof. Sotirios Archontoulis (this opens in a new tab), Iowa State University, Department of Agronomy, Iowa, USA
Agronomy for Sustainable Development (ASD) (this opens in a new tab) is an international peer-reviewed scientific journal that publishes original experimental, empirical and theoretical research articles, review articles and meta-analyses leading to enhanced sustainability for agricultural and food systems. See the full aims and scope of ASD here (this opens in a new tab).