Optimizing nitrogen management with deep reinforcement learning and crop simulations

J Wu, R Tao, P Zhao, NF Martin… - Proceedings of the …, 2022 - openaccess.thecvf.com
Nitrogen (N) management is critical to sustain soil fertility and crop production while
minimizing the negative environmental impact, but is challenging to optimize. This paper …

Evaluating and improving APSIM's capacity in simulating long-term corn yield response to nitrogen in continuous-and rotated-corn systems

ME Baum, JE Sawyer, ED Nafziger, I Huber… - Agricultural …, 2023 - Elsevier
CONTEXT Process-based models are increasingly used to explain and predict crop yields
and long-term changes in soil organic matter (SOM) and hence should be regularly …

Investigating data-driven approaches to optimize nitrogen recommendations for winter wheat

G Ruan, D Cammarano, ST Ata-UI-Karim, X Liu… - … and Electronics in …, 2024 - Elsevier
The optimal nitrogen (N) application rate is an important concept to guide the strategic/static
N management of crops. However, there is still a knowledge gap on how to combine the …

Predicting site-specific economic optimal nitrogen rate using machine learning methods and on-farm precision experimentation

A De Lara, T Mieno, JD Luck, LA Puntel - Precision Agriculture, 2023 - Springer
Applying at the economic optimal nitrogen rate (EONR) has the potential to increase
nitrogen (N) fertilization efficiency and profits while reducing negative environmental …

Exploring trade-offs between profit, yield, and the environmental footprint of potential nitrogen fertilizer regulations in the us midwest

G Mandrini, CM Pittelkow, S Archontoulis… - Frontiers in plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multiple strategies are available that could reduce nitrogen (N) fertilizer use in agricultural
systems, ranging from voluntary adoption of new N management practices by farmers to …

A probabilistic framework for forecasting maize yield response to agricultural inputs with sub-seasonal climate predictions

J Lacasa, CD Messina, IA Ciampitti - Environmental Research …, 2023 - iopscience.iop.org
Crop yield results from the complex interaction between genotype, management, and
environment. While farmers have control over what genotype to plant and how to manage it …

Comparison of machine learning methods emulating process driven crop models

DB Johnston, KG Pembleton, NI Huth… - Environmental Modelling & …, 2023 - Elsevier
Performing large scale simulation analyses using complex process-driven models can be
very time consuming and incur significant computational expense. These analyses involve …

On-farm assessment of an innovative dynamic fertilization method to improve nitrogen recovery in winter wheat

R Paut, P Lebreton, JM Meynard, JB Gratecap… - Nutrient Cycling in …, 2024 - Springer
Worldwide, wheat Nitrogen (N) fertilization is often over-estimated, and rarely takes into
account the actual dynamics of N nutrition during the growing season. It is well documented …

[HTML][HTML] Towards precise nitrogen fertilizer management for sustainable agriculture

S Cai, X Zhao, X Yan - Earth Critical Zone, 2025 - Elsevier
Effective nitrogen (N) fertilizer management is crucial for meeting the growing demand for
crop production while maintaining planetary boundaries within sustainable limits. Global N …

Crop growth model: Optimal Application of Nitrogen Fertilizer in Corn for Economic Returns and Environmental Sustainability

H Pathak, D Buckmaster, C Messina… - 2023 ASABE Annual …, 2023 - elibrary.asabe.org
Even with the rapid advancement in environmental and crop sensing and transmission of
data, crop growth models could fill the analytical gap to enable real-time decision-making for …