Modelling plant growth and architecture: some recent advances and applications to agronomy and forestry

De Reffye Philippe, Houllier François. 1997. Modelling plant growth and architecture: some recent advances and applications to agronomy and forestry. Current Science, 73 (11) : 984-992.

Autre titre : Modélisation de la croissance et de l'architecture des plantes : quelques avancées récentes et application à l'agronomie et la foresterie

Résumé : Modelling plant structure and growth has undergone major changes in the last decades along two major lines: the integration of ecophysiological knowledge in process-based models which often lack a description of plant topology and geometry, and the generation of 3-D virtual plants using morphogenetic models which simulate the architectural development in a stable and homogeneous environment. There is now a trend to merge these two approaches, that is to link plant architecture and functioning. This trend is based on the recognition that plant structure: is the joint output of the physiological processes (water and carbon balance, etc.) and the morphogenetic programme of the plant; determines the external environment of the trees which itself regulates their functioning (competition for space, light attenuation, etc.); and directly conditions the physiological processes within the tree (hydraulic structure, selfshading, allocation of photosynthates, etc.). Such models can be used in agronomy and forestry in various ways: to investigate the effects, local and global, immediate and delayed, of the biophysical environment on plant morphogenesis and yield; to study light attenuation through the canopy, to analyse the transport of water and the allocation of photosynthates within the plant; to analyse the competitive interactions among different plants in the same stand; to calibrate remote sensing techniques and to visualize large landscapes.

Mots-clés Agrovoc : modèle végétal, application des ordinateurs, plante, arbre, croissance, anatomie végétale, mesure (activité), agronomie, foresterie, modélisation

Mots-clés complémentaires : Architecture végétale

Classification Agris : U10 - Informatique, mathématiques et statistiques
F62 - Physiologie végétale - Croissance et développement

Auteurs et affiliations

• De Reffye Philippe, CIRAD-GERDAT-UNITE DE MODELISATION DES PLANTES (FRA)
• Houllier François

Source : Cirad - Agritrop (https://agritrop.cirad.fr/389698/)

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