LEADER 02684nam 2200481z- 450 001 9910220059903321 005 20210212 035 $a(CKB)3800000000216179 035 $a(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/62241 035 $a(oapen)doab62241 035 $a(EXLCZ)993800000000216179 100 $a20202102d2017 |y 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurmn|---annan 181 $ctxt$2rdacontent 182 $cc$2rdamedia 183 $acr$2rdacarrier 200 00$aVirtual Plants: Modeling Plant Architecture in Changing Environments 210 $cFrontiers Media SA$d2017 215 $a1 online resource (108 p.) 225 1 $aFrontiers Research Topics 311 08$a2-88945-092-9 330 $aPlant architecture is a major determinant of the resource use efficiency of crops. The architecture of a plant shows ontogenetic structural changes which are modified by multiple environmental factors: Plant canopies are exposed to natural fluctuations in light quantity and the dynamically changing canopy architecture induces local variations in light quality. Changing temperature conditions or water availability during growth additionally affect plant architecture and thus crop productivity, because plants have various options to adapt their architecture to the available resources. Meeting the challenge of ensuring food security we must understand the plant's mechanisms for integrating and responding to an orchestra of environmental factors. 'Virtual plants' describe plant architecture in silico. Virtual plants have the potential to help us understanding the complex feedback processes between canopy architecture, multiple environmental factors and crop productivity. As a research tool, they have become increasingly popular within the last decade due to their great power of realistically visualizing the plant's architecture. This Research Topic highlights current research carried out on modeling plant architecture in changing environments. 517 $aVirtual Plants 606 $aBotany & plant sciences$2bicssc 610 $acrop productivity 610 $aenvironment 610 $afunctional-structural plant model 610 $aInteraction 610 $aLight 610 $aMorphogenesis 610 $aOntogeny 610 $aplant architecture 610 $aplasticity 610 $asimulation 610 $aVirtual plant 615 7$aBotany & plant sciences 700 $aHartmut Stutzel$4auth$01320415 702 $aKatrin Kahlen$4auth 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910220059903321 996 $aVirtual Plants: Modeling Plant Architecture in Changing Environments$93034279 997 $aUNINA