Simulation using the STICS model of C&N dynamics in alfalfa from sowing to crop destruction

Dynamic simulation of biomass partitioning during the initial growth of spring seedlings and subsequent regrowth. Blue line = simulated total biomass (t DM ha-1); Green line = simulated aboveground biomass (t DM ha-1); Brown line = simulated structural stem biomass (t DM ha-1); Grey line = simulated green leaf structural biomass (t DM ha−1); Blue circle = observed total biomass (t DM ha−1); Green square = observed aboveground biomass (t DM ha−1); Brown triangle = observed stem biomass (t DM ha−1); Grey cross = observed green leaf biomass (t DM ha−1).