BioCro

BioCro is a model that predicts plant growth over time given climate as input. It uses models of key physiological and biophysical processes underlying plant growth , and has previously been used for predicting biomass yield and leaf area index of switchgrass and miscanthus. BioCro has also been integrated into a suite of tools that link the model directly with crop trait and yield data, streamlining the entire modeling and data collection workflow. The Predictive Ecosystem Analyzer (PEcAn) couples BioCro to the Biofuel Ecophysiological Traits and Yields database, enabling model parameterization and optimization, targeted data collection optimized to reduce uncertainty in model predictions, and the management of informatics and HPC computing resources.