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Rachel Shekar

Rachel (she/her) is a Founding and Managing Editor of in silico Plants. She has a Master’s Degree in Plant Biology from the University of Illinois. She has over 15 years of academic journal editorial experience, including the founding of GCB Bioenergy and the management of Global Change Biology. Rachel has overseen the social media development that has been a major part of promotion of both journals.
Rachel Shekar
Tomato row orientation
Computational Models Growth & Development

Should you plant your tomato rows oriented north to south or east to west?

A new study challenges the conventional wisdom of row orientation.

by Rachel ShekarOctober 1, 2021October 2, 2021
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absorbed PAR flux Q
Computational Models Growth & Development

Resolving interactions between plant structure and function

A new study reveals the impact of spatial resolution on accurately representing the interactions between plant canopy structure and function.

by Rachel ShekarSeptember 22, 2021September 22, 2021
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summary of the processes and scale of evolutionary FSP modelling
Cells, Genes & Molecules Computational Models Ecosystems Plant Physiology

How will plant communities respond to climate change?

Functional-structural plant modelling is the key to predicting how plant communities will respond to climate change.

by Rachel ShekarSeptember 17, 2021September 17, 2021
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Células, Genes y Moléculas Crecimiento y Desarrollo Modelos computacionales

Prediciendo el rendimiento de arroz en condiciones de sequía

Modelos metabólicos y de crecimiento integrado predicen el metabolismo del arroz cultivado en condiciones normales y limitantes de agua.

by Rachel ShekarSeptember 14, 2021September 14, 2021
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Cells, Genes & Molecules Computational Models Growth & Development

Predicting rice yield under drought

Integrated growth and metabolic models predict the metabolism of rice growth under normal and water-limited conditions.

by Rachel ShekarSeptember 3, 2021September 14, 2021
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Overview of modelling approaches
Cells, Genes & Molecules Computational Models Growth & Development

Wheat adaptation to climate change

Models fill in the data gaps to identify genotypes to maximize yield across the NE Australian wheat-belt under climate change.

by Rachel ShekarAugust 31, 2021August 31, 2021
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Computational Models Growth & Development

The Why and How of Horizontally Expanding Leaf Patterns

A new study uses multiple approaches to determine why horizontally expanding leaf patterns exist and how they are formed.

by Rachel ShekarAugust 22, 2021August 20, 2021
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Graph of sunset and sunrise times overlayed with photoperiod length.
Cells, Genes & Molecules Computational Models Growth & Development

Modeling the circadian clock

A novel circadian clock model based on real-world clocks delivers simplicity, entrainment, reliability, and accuracy.

by Rachel ShekarAugust 13, 2021August 13, 2021
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Computational Models Ecosystems

The future of digital technologies for crops

Cyber physical technologies such as earth observation and biophysical crop modelling can play a major role in production, sustainability, and profitability of production systems in the face of climate change.

by Rachel ShekarAugust 10, 2021August 13, 2021
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Computational Models Ecosystems

What drives plant diversity?

Computer simulations confirm that plant diversity can be explained by three assumptions.

by Rachel ShekarAugust 6, 2021August 5, 2021
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Computational Models Growth & Development

A more realistic model of sucrose accumulation in sugarcane

Detailed kinetic modelling of sucrose translocation and metabolism captures the spatio-temporal evolution of the advection-diffusion-reaction system.

by Rachel ShekarApril 30, 2021April 30, 2021
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Computational Models Growth & Development

Man vs machine: Which model is superior at predicting phenology?

A comparison of the performance of knowledge-based models, data-driven machine-learned models, and an ensemble of both.

by Rachel ShekarMarch 24, 2021March 24, 2021
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Computational Models Growth & Development

Evaluating yield components leads to yield improvement

Yield dissection models in tomato identify promising yield components and corresponding QTLs.

by Rachel ShekarMarch 19, 2021March 19, 2021
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Computational Models Growth & Development

Is there a yield cost for limiting water loss during the hot hours of the day in wheat?

Evaluating how limited transpiration at high evaporative demand affect grain yield across Australia using computer models.

by Rachel ShekarMarch 10, 2021March 10, 2021
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Botany One is a blog run by the Annals of Botany Company, a non-profit educational charity.

In addition to Botany One, the company currently publishes three journals, the Annals of Botany, AoB PLANTS, and in silico Plants.

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