Development and Application of Process-based Simulation Models for Cotton Production: A Review of Past, Present, and Future Directions

K.R. Thorp*, G.W. Wall, and J.W. White, USDA-ARS, Arid-Land Agricultural Research Center, Maricopa, AZ; S. Ale and N. Rajan, Texas A&M AgriLife Research, Vernon, TX; M.P. Bange, CSIRO Plant Industry, Narrabri, NSW, Australia; E.M. Barnes, Cotton Incorporated, Cary, NC; G. Hoogenboom, AgWeatherNet, Washington State University, Prosser, WA; R.J. Lascano, USDA-ARS, Cropping Systems Research Laboratory, Lubbock, TX; A.C. McCarthy, National Centre for Engineering in Agriculture, University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba, QLD, Australia; S. Nair, Department of Agricultural and Applied Economics, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX; J.O. Paz, Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; K.R. Reddy, Department of Plant and Soil Sciences, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS; Authors 2 through 13 contributed equally to this work. *Corresponding author: [email protected] ABSTRACT