CropSyst User Manual - sipeaa

4.Click on [Insert] to enter the selected planting date/crop/management (displayed in the line belowthe rotation table) into the rotation table. The table is sorted by planting date. If the word 'crop' isdisplayed in an entry, then the entry should be deleted, and a new entry with a crop and(optionally) a management selection must be made.Deleting an entry in the rotation1.2.Click on one or more entries in the table to be removed. The scroll bar on the left side of the tablecan be used to view long tables.Click on the [Delete] button.Two crops with the same planting date cannot appear in the table simultaneously.Repeating a rotation for the simulation period1.2.3.4.5.Make sure the simulation run starting and ending dates are set for the correct period.Enter the number of years in the rotation.In the DOS version, the years in the rotation is specified after pressing the [Build] button.Create entries for the first rotation cycle. Highlight the entries to be repeated These entries will beused as the template for the remainder of the simulation period.In the DOS version, multiple entries cannot be selected. Make sure that there are only theentries to be repeated in the rotation list.Click on the [Build] button.The table will be filled in using the template entries. Fallow periods specified by skipping yearnumbers in table entries will be preserved.Additional notes about fallow periodsIf the simulation is to be run on fallow conditions only, the rotation table can be left blank.Since CropSyst runs fallow conditions between harvest and the planting of the next crop, one or moreyears of fallow growth can be accounted for in the rotation by simply skipping years when enteringplanting dates and/or increasing the number of years in the rotation.If you need to run fallow with some management operations, Click on the [Fallow] button to clear thecrop entry to fallow and select the management file.Additional notes about management filesSome times it is desirable to perform management operations irregardless of the crop specified or inaddition to the scheduled managements. In order to perform this type of operation, create a subdirectoryin the same directory as the simulation file with the same name as the simulation file (Without the .SIM