“…STICS is a dynamic soil-crop simulation model (Brisson et al 2003). It was initially parameterized and evaluated for bare soil, winter wheat, and corn crops (Brisson et al 1998). It has been adapted for other crops such as rapeseed, sunflower, soybean, flax, tomato, sorghum, lettuce, mustard, sugar beet, and potato (Brisson et al 2003).…”