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A framework for easy plant model integration
A new tool links models of different languages and scales to create entire plants, fields, or regions in silico.
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Modeling-Guided High-Yielding Crops
When it comes to meeting the projected 70% increase in food demand in 2050, Dr. Xinguang Zhu considers photosynthetic efficiency to be an unexplored opportunity to
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The modelling, allocation and redistribution of biomass
Evaluation of a generic biomass partitioning model demonstrates accurate temporal patterns of biomass and nitrogen partitioning.
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in silico Plants launches today!
in silico Plants is a peer-reviewed, open access journal publishing research pertaining to all aspects of plant modelling.
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Teaching plant anatomy, via hangman?
Plant Anatomy: A Concept-Based Approach to the Structure of Seed Plants by Richard Crang, Sheila Lyons-Sobaski and Robert Wise, 2018. Springer. I suspect that
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Dwarf shrubs from the Tibetan Plateau yield signals of past air moisture
How can you work out what the climate was like in the past, without having had someone take measurements? One solution is to look at tree
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Photosynthetic capacity, respiration and growth of two papaya genotypes with different chlorophyll concentrations
Papaya is the most economically important species within the Caricaceae family and it is widely cultivated not only for fruit consumption, but also for the proteolytic
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Floral colour structure in two Australian herbaceous communities
Pollinator-mediated interactions between plant species may affect the composition of angiosperm communities. Floral colour signals should play a role in these interactions, but the role
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An approach to determining anthocyanin synthesis enzyme gene expression in an evolutionary context
Floral colour in angiosperms can be controlled by variations in the expression of the genes of the anthocyanin pathway. Floral colour shifts influence pollinator specificity. Multiple
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Joint linkage and association mapping of complex traits in shrub willow
Increasing energy demands and the necessity to reduce greenhouse gas emissions are key motivating factors driving the development of lignocellulosic crops as an alternative to non-
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All good things come to an end…
This Cuttings collection is the last that will appear in the Annals of Botany journal. Since the column was launched on an unsuspecting world in January
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Saluting those who suffer for science
What is the most important part of a scientific paper? Arguably, it’s the Results section– although there are those who might propose that it’s