PLATHO - A dynamic plant growth model considering competition between individuals and allocation to carbon-based secondary compounds

Sebastian Gayler, Eckart Priesack

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Abstract

To explain patterns and variations in concentration of defence-related carbon-based secondary compounds in plant tissues, different complementary and in some parts contradictory plant-defence hypotheses were developed since several years. These conceptual hypotheses cannot be fully evaluated without a plant growth simulation model and consequently, the discussion about adequacy of plantdefence hypotheses neglects to a large extent the dynamics of plant growth. To get a more realistic view of the volatile dynamics of plant internal source and sink strengths of carbon and nitrogen during different phenological growth stages, a modelling approach for allocation of carbohydrates to a pool of carbon-based secondary compounds was integrated into the functional generic plant growth model PLATHO. In this paper, we explain the fundamental assumptions of our modelling approach and present the results of a simulation study for juvenile beech and spruce trees growing in mono- and mixed cultures under ambient and elevated atmospheric CO2.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationProceedings - Second International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, PMA 2006
PublisherIEEE Computer Society
Pages85-92
Number of pages8
ISBN (Print)0769528511, 9780769528519
DOIs
StatePublished - 2006
Externally publishedYes
Event2nd International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, PMA 2006 - Beijing, China
Duration: 13 Nov 200617 Nov 2006

Publication series

NameProceedings - Second International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, PMA 2006

Conference

Conference2nd International Symposium on Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications, PMA 2006
Country/TerritoryChina
CityBeijing
Period13/11/0617/11/06

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