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Towards a model for cut-rose
The production system of cut-rose (Rosa × hybrida) involves a complex combination of plant material, management practice and environment. Using XL programming, Buck-Sorlin et al.
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The scale of science and history (TIME 100)
TIME has recently published 100 greatest places in the world. The book is a collection of sites that, the editors argue, have had the biggest impact
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Simulating grazing of a 3-D sward canopy
The productivity and stability of grazed grassland rely on dynamic interactions between the sward and the animal. Combes et al. record 3-D canopy structures of
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Modelling crown and wood characteristics of Pinus
Functional–structural tree models can be used not only for biomass and crown architecture modelling, but also for wood properties. Using L-system language, Fernández et
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The good side to UV
David Shankbone/Wikimedia Commons. Exposure to ultraviolet (UV) radiation is generally regarded to be deleterious to biological systems; however – like many potentially bad things – in small
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Partitioning model for fruit growth in cucumber
In cucumber (Cucumis sativus), imbalances in growth between individual fruits can be related to the partitioning of assimilates. Using L-Studio software, Wiechers et al. develop
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The real butterfly effect
In Chaos Theory, the butterfly effect refers to the notion that a small change at one place can result in much larger differences to a later
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Modelling seagrass growth and development
Transplanting seagrasses can help restore ecologically important and threatened marine ecosystems. Based on the L-system formalism, Renton et al. present a functional–structural plant model
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3-D plant–pathogen model for disease epidemics
The relationship between Septoria tritici, a splash-dispersed disease, and its host is complex because of the interactions between the dynamic plant architecture and the vertical
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Phenomics – technologies to relieve the phenotyping bottleneck
Global agriculture is facing major challenges to ensure global food security, such as the need to breed high-yielding crops adapted to future climates and the
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Modelling lengths of cucumber internodes
Light has tremendous effects on crop architecture and its quantity and quality affect internode lengths in cucumber (Cucumis sativus). Kahlen and Stützel make simplifications to a
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Kingdom-blurring discovery
This column is always interested in cross-Kingdom co-operation (especially if it involves plants!), but some ‘associations’ go too far, and often in weirdly and