Improving gene regulatory network models with RNA levels in absolute units
Recalibrating models using absolute – instead of relative – mass units makes it possible to test modelled transcription rates against biochemical data.
Category: Computational Models
Virtual vineyards allow simulation studies of grapevine management practices
Computational models simulate grapevine management and provide information on how this affects canopy light absorption.
Should you plant your tomato rows oriented north to south or east to west?
A new study challenges the conventional wisdom of row orientation.
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.
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.
Predicting rice yield under drought
Integrated growth and metabolic models predict the metabolism of rice growth under normal and water-limited conditions.
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.
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.
Simulating the effects of local wind reduction on shrub seed dispersal
How does a local wind reduction zone influence seed dispersal around a single shrub element?
Modeling the circadian clock
A novel circadian clock model based on real-world clocks delivers simplicity, entrainment, reliability, and accuracy.
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.
What drives plant diversity?
Computer simulations confirm that plant diversity can be explained by three assumptions.
Pulling trees from clouds with mobile laser scanning
A new algorithm offers to take up the hard work of turning data points into tree models.
