Overcoming the vigorous growth of kiwifruit vines in order to channel carbohydrates into fruit is a major challenge for growers. To help improve management techniques and to provide insights into the mechanisms of vine development, Cieslak et al. present a model using the L-system platform that integrates 3D architecture, carbon transport and allocation, and environmental and management effects on growth.
Xylem flows into most fruits decline as the fruit develop, with important effects on mineral and carbohydrate accumulation. Mazzeo et al. use pressure chamber and flow-meter techniques to examine changes in xylem...
Some otherwise promising selections of Actinidia chinensis (kiwifruit) have fruit that are too small for successful commercialization. Wu et al. induce chromosome doubling using colchicine and measure subsequent fruit...
Standard modelling techniques are not suited for clearly separating aspects of plant function that criss-cross between different components of plant structure, which makes it difficult to reuse and share their...
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