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Math. Model. Nat. Phenom.
Volume 7, Number 6, 2012
Biological oscillations
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Page(s) | 47 - 66 | |
DOI | https://doi.org/10.1051/mmnp/20127603 | |
Published online | 12 December 2012 |
Oscillations in Functional Structural Plant Growth Models
1 AgroParisTech, UMR EGC
(1091), Grignon,
France
2 Ecole Centrale Paris, MAS,
Châtenay-Malabry,
France
3 China Agricultural University,
College of Resources and
Environmental Sciences, Beijing, China
4 INRA, UMR EcoFoG (745),
French Guyana, Kourou, French Guyana
5 CIRAD, UMR AMAP, Montpellier, France
⋆ Corresponding author. E-mail: amelie.mathieu@agroparistech.fr
The dynamic model of plant growth GreenLab describes plant architecture and functional growth at the level of individual organs. Structural development is controlled by formal grammars and empirical equations compute the amount of biomass produced by the plant, and its partitioning among the growing organs, such as leaves, stems and fruits. The number of organs initiated at each time step depends on the trophic state of the plant, which is evaluated by the ratio of biomass available in plant to the demand of all the organs. The control of the plant organogenesis by this variable induces oscillations in the simulated plant behaviour. The mathematical framework of the GreenLab model allows to compute the conditions for the generation of oscillations and the value of the period according to the set of parameters. Two case-studies are presented, corresponding to emergence of oscillations associated to fructification and branching.
Similar alternating patterns are commonly reported by botanists. In this article, two examples were selected: alternate patterns of fruits in cucumber plants and alternate appearances of branches in Cecropia trees. The model was calibrated from experimental data collected on these plants. It shows that a simple feedback hypothesis of trophic control on plant structure allows the emergence of cyclic patterns corresponding to the observed ones.
Mathematics Subject Classification: 92B05 / 92B15
Key words: dynamic system of plant growth / functional-structural plant models / GreenLab / cucumber plant / Cecropia trees
© EDP Sciences, 2012
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