Mathematical models to estimate forage production in southeastern Coahuila Mexico

Resumen

Objective: Calibrate two non-linear models, in three intermediate triple hybrids, by theoretically comparing the accumulation of dry matter in relation to the days after sowing.

Methodology: The cuts were every 14 days, from 30 to 170 das, and were adjusted to the Logistic and Richards models. The experimental design was a randomized block, with three replications.

Results: The models explained most of the total dry matter yield in corn, observed in the field at 83%. The best fit model was the logistic model in cultivar AN447 and the Richards model in cultivar A7573, both with R²=0.98. The maximum yield simulated with the Richards model was shown in AN447 with 22,616 kg DM ha^-1 and the lowest in AN388 with 10,970 kg DM ha^-1.

Limitations/Implications: Tests of other models in the same conditions and in other environmental conditions with the models under study.

Conclusion: The Logistic model allows to simulate with greater precision the yield of dry matter in corn, by using the days after planting as an independent variable.