“…One key study (Deen et al, 2003) compared four of the best known of the interspecies competition versions of these simulation models, ALMANAC (Kiniry et al, 1992;Wallace, 1995Wallace, , 1997Debaeke et al 1997;Kiniry et al, 2005), APSIM (Carberry et al, 1996;McCown et al, 1996;Probert et al, 1998;Robertson et al, 2001;Keating et al, 2003;Grenz et al, 2006), CROPSIM (Chikoye et al, 1996;Hunt and Pararajasingham, 1995;Deen et al, 2001), and INTERCOM (Kropff and Van Laar, 1993;Weaver et al, 1994;Kropff et al, 1984;Lindquist and Kropff, 1996) and concluded that simple competition algorithms are capable of accounting for the majority of the competition response. Other examples include SOYWEED (Wilkerson et al, 1990;Wiles and Wilkerson, 1991), an extension of the crop growth model SOYGRO (Jones et al, 1988), as well as other models of competition in corn/maize (Zea mays L.) (Ball and Shaffer, 1993), barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) (Dunan et al, 1994), rice (Oryza sativa L.) (Graf et al, 1990;Graf and Hill, 1992) and wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) Beyschlag et al, 1990). Over time, these styles of models have continued to develop (e.g.…”