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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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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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Simulating nitrogen economy of wheat plants
The model NEMA (Nitrogen Economy Model within plant Architecture) simulates nitrogen fluxes within a wheat plant (Triticum aestivum) after flowering. Bertheloot et al. show that the
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Towards aspect-oriented plant modelling
Standard modelling techniques are not suited for clearly separating aspects of plant function that criss-cross between different components of plant structure, which makes it difficult
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Process-based model of N uptake and use in wheat
Defining strategies for better use of nitrogen by crops requires sufficiently mechanistic models of nitrogen acquisition and use by plants. Bertheloot et al. describe the model
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Linking water stress and carbon partitioning
Despite the well-known effects of water potential on fruit-tree growth and development, very few models combine carbohydrate allocation with water transport. Da Silva et
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Assessing uncertainty in functional–structural models
Functional–structural plant models always have uncertainty concerned with selection of model components, with the number of outputs simulated and with the quality of data used
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Modelling tree girdling responses
Girdling, or the removal of a strip of bark around a tree’s outer circumference, is often used to study carbon relations. De Schepper and Steppe
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Modelling growth of the cambial surface
Individual tree growth models traditionally focus on apical growth and architecture; however, cambial growth equally contributes to plant form and function. Sellier et al. present a
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Remote sensing and 3-D sapling reconstruction
There is an increasing need for rapid and non-destructive determination of individual tree traits to input into forest management systems. Delagrange and Rochon test two
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Modelling fruit temperature dynamics in apple
Although fruit temperature is known to be a key parameter involved in fruit quality, sunburn injury and pest development, no specific modelling approach to it has
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Chromosome pairing in Musa interspecific cultivars
Most cooking and several desert bananas are interspecific triploid hybrids between Musa acuminata (A genome) and M. balbisiana (B genome). To investigate the possibility of chromosome