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Philippe de Reffye (email), Daniel Barthélémy, Frédéric Blaise, Thierry Fourcaud, François Houllier

A functional model of tree growth and tree architecture.

de Reffye P., Barthélémy D., Blaise F., Fourcaud T., Houllier F. (1997). A functional model of tree growth and tree architecture. Silva Fennica vol. 31 no. 3 article id 5627. https://doi.org/10.14214/sf.a8529

Abstract

A new approach for modelling plant growth using the software AMAPpara is presented. This software takes into consideration knowledge about plant architecture which has been accumulated at the Plant Modelling Unit of CIRAD for several years, and introduces physiological concepts in order to simulate the dynamic functioning of trees. The plant is considered as a serial connection of vegetative organs which conduct water from the roots to the leaves. Another simple description of the plant as a network of parallel pipes is also presented which allows an analytical formulation of growth to be written. This recurring formula is used for very simple architectures and is useful to understand the role of each organ in water transport and assimilate production. Growth simulations are presented which show the influence of modifications in architecture on plant development.

Keywords
growth; water transport; ecophysiology; plant architecture; assimilate production; mathemetical models; computer simulations; growth simulation

Published in 1997

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