Cells, Genes & Molecules
Do plants use ‘expanding beams’ to build their cell walls?
Beams of homogalacturonan in plant cells could be creating peculiar the shapes of pavement cells.
Computational Models
Turgor-Driven Plant Growth Inside a Soybean Functional-Structural Plant Model
Turgor pressure within a plant cell represents the key to mechanistically describe plant growth, combining the effect of both water and carbon availability. The high level
Computational Models
A 3D functional–structural plant model of shoot and root driven by soil hydraulics
Improved modelling of carbon assimilation and plant growth to low soil moisture requires evaluation of underlying mechanisms in the soil, roots, and shoots. The feedback between
Computational Models
Computer Modelling of Crop Alignments Could Fight Weeds in an Environmentally Way
Light interception is closely related to canopy architecture. Few studies based on multi-view photography have been conducted in a field environment, particularly studies that link
Computational Models
New grapevine model better predicts whole-canopy gas exchange
Models considering only the maximum photosynthetic capacity for all leaves over-estimated net carbon dioxide exchange by nearly a third.
Computational Models
Simulating the effects of local adaptation and life history on the ability of plants to track climate shifts
Local adaptation is common but not universal in plants and results from the interplay of gene flow with natural selection. Gene flow can increase local genetic
Computational Models
Modelling Three-Dimensional Leaf Shape Variation
L-Cucumber’s leaf prototype mimics leaf shape of stressed plants.
Computational Models
How Important Is Leaf Realism in Functional-Structural Plant Modelling?
Making a realistic plant in a computer model is possible, but is it necessary. All the computations generating the plant slow down the speed of any
Computational Models
Complex interplay of responses when plants experience canopy shading
Plants react to both decreased red:far red ratio and decreased photosynthetically active radiation, and in different ways.
Computational Models
Call for Papers for Annals of Botany: 3D forest models and laser scanning data
Annals of Botany will release a Special Issue inspired by the 3D Tree Models for Forest Dynamics workshop held in Helsinki, Finland.
Cells, Genes & Molecules
Decoding Soybean Nodulation
A new framework aids in predicting gene regulatory networks associated with soybean nodule formation.
Computational Models
tealeaves: an R package for modelling leaf temperature using energy budgets
Plants are able to grow, survive and reproduce under a wide range of temperatures. Examples of plants that thrive in temperature extremes include cushion plants in