title: Understanding shoot branching by modelling form and function.
abstract: Shoot branching plays a pivotal role in the development of the aboveground plant structure. Therefore, to understand branching in relation to the environment, it is not only necessary to integrate the knowledge on mechanisms that regulate branching at multiple levels of biological organisation, but also to include plant structure explicitly. To this end, we propose the application of an established methodology called functional-structural plant modelling.
authors.affiliation: Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Droevendaalsesteeg 1, 6708 PB Wageningen, the Netherlands. jochem.evers@wur.nl
authors.forename: Jochem B
authors.initials: JB
authors.lastname: Evers
authors.forename: Alexander R
authors.initials: AR
authors.lastname: van der Krol
authors.forename: Jan
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Vos
authors.forename: Paul C
authors.initials: PC
authors.lastname: Struik
mesh_terms: D001692:Biological Transport; D003198:Computer Simulation; D004777:Environment; D007210:Indoleacetic Acids / Q000378:metabolism; D009024:Morphogenesis; D063245:Plant Development; D018515:Plant Leaves / Q000502:physiology; D018521:Plant Physiological Phenomena; D018520:Plant Shoots / Q000254:growth & development* / Q000502:physiology; D010944:Plants / Q000378:metabolism; D015398:Signal Transduction; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D007210:Indoleacetic Acids