title: Bond graph models for plant biosystems.
abstract: Computable dynamic models for plant biosystems permit the study of effects of environmental variables on plant growth and productivity. Using bond graphs, a comprehensive phenomenological model of a plant biosystem may be developed and used in computer simulations. Elements of a model studied in this papaer include a gas diffusion network between the atmosphere and leaf cytoplasm, intracellular chemistry, and the translocation networks of the phloem. Bond graphs are shown to provide a conceptual basis for the development of biological subsystem and system models and lead to computable representations.
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D001693:Biological Transport, Active; D002245:Carbon Dioxide; D003201:Computers; D004058:Diffusion; D008954:Models, Biological; D010788:Photosynthesis; D010944:Plants; D013597:Systems Analysis
chemical_list: D002245:Carbon Dioxide