The role acquired by modelling in plant sciences includes integration of knowledge,
exploration of the behaviour of the plant system beyond the range of conditions covered …

Plants react to their environment and to management interventions by adjusting
physiological functions and structure. Functional–structural plant models (FSPM), combine …

A number of research groups in various areas of plant biology as well as computer science
and applied mathematics have addressed modelling the spatiotemporal dynamics of growth …

In the last decade, many research teams throughout the world initiated a new approach in
plant science by developing computer models of plant functioning and growth. The intention …

Background Functional–structural plant models (FSPMs) explore and integrate relationships
between a plant's structure and processes that underlie its growth and development. In the …

Functional–structural plant models (FSPMs) explore and integrate relationships between a
plant's structure and processes that underlie its growth and development. In recent years …

Background Modelling plant growth allows us to test hypotheses and carry out virtual
experiments concerning plant growth processes that could otherwise take years in field …

Modeling plant structure and growth has undergone major changes in the last decades
along two major lines: the integration of ecophysiological knowledge in process-based …

The need to integrate the ever-expanding body of knowledge in the plant sciences has led
to the development of sophisticated modelling approaches. This special issue focuses on …

Most crop models simulate the crop canopy as an homogeneous medium. This approach
enables modelling of mass and energy transfer through relatively simple equations, and is …