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

Carbon allocation within a plant depends on complex rules linking source organs (mainly
shoots) and sink organs (mainly roots and fruits). The complexity of these rules comes from …

Highlights•High-resolution laser scans for finest imaging of barley organ structures.•Several
plant morphological parameters extracted simultaneously.•Non-destructive quantification of …

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 …

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 …

The programming language XL ('eXtended L-system language') is an extension of Java,
which supports the specification and execution of relational growth grammars, a variant of …

In this paper, we present PlantGL, an open-source graphic toolkit for the creation, simulation
and analysis of 3D virtual plants. This C++ geometric library is embedded in the Python …

Increasing biological knowledge requires more and more elaborate methods to translate the
knowledge into executable model descriptions, and increasing computational power allows …

to a developing leaf still in the bud stage (eg Lake et 2001). Such a rapid intercellular
communication linking environment with leaf photosynthesis is an important area future …

Abstract Background and Aims Although quantitative trait loci (QTL) analysis of yield-related
traits for rice has developed rapidly, crop models using genotype information have been …