How can we make plants grow faster? A source–sink perspective on growth rate

AC White, A Rogers, M Rees… - Journal of Experimental …, 2016 - academic.oup.com
Growth is a major component of fitness in all organisms, an important mediator of
competitive interactions in plant communities, and a central determinant of yield in crops …

Wheat physiology: a review of recent developments

RA Fischer - Crop and Pasture Science, 2011 - CSIRO Publishing
This review focuses on recent advances in some key areas of wheat physiology, namely
phasic development, determination of potential yield and water-limited potential yield …

CRISPR/Cas9-mediated mutagenesis of VvbZIP36 promotes anthocyanin accumulation in grapevine (Vitis vinifera)

M Tu, J Fang, R Zhao, X Liu, W Yin, Y Wang… - Horticulture …, 2022 - academic.oup.com
Anthocyanins are plant secondary metabolites that have a variety of biological functions,
including pigmentation. The accumulation of anthocyanins is regulated by both …

Two decades of functional–structural plant modelling: now addressing fundamental questions in systems biology and predictive ecology

G Louarn, Y Song - Annals of Botany, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Background Functional–structural plant models (FSPMs) explore and integrate relationships
between a plant's structure and processes that underlie its growth and development. In the …

The contribution of phenotypic plasticity to complementary light capture in plant mixtures

J Zhu, W van der Werf, NPR Anten, J Vos… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
Interspecific differences in functional traits are a key factor for explaining the positive
diversity–productivity relationship in plant communities. However, the role of intraspecific …

An accurate skeleton extraction approach from 3D point clouds of maize plants

S Wu, W Wen, B Xiao, X Guo, J Du, C Wang… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Accurate and high-throughput determination of plant morphological traits is essential for
phenotyping studies. Nowadays, there are many approaches to acquire high-quality three …

Estimating the contribution of plant traits to light partitioning in simultaneous maize/soybean intercropping

S Li, W van Der Werf, J Zhu, Y Guo, B Li… - Journal of …, 2021 - academic.oup.com
Spatial configuration and plant phenotypic plasticity contribute to increased light capture in
relay intercropping, but there is little information on whether these factors also increase light …

Water deficit and growth. Co-ordinating processes without an orchestrator?

F Tardieu, C Granier, B Muller - Current opinion in plant biology, 2011 - Elsevier
Water deficit affects plant growth via reduced carbon accumulation, cell number and tissue
expansion. We review the ways in which these processes are co-ordinated. Tissue …

Functional–structural plant models mission in advancing crop science: opportunities and prospects

S Soualiou, Z Wang, W Sun, P de Reffye… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2021 - frontiersin.org
Functional–structural plant models (FSPMs) have been evolving for over 2 decades and
their future development, to some extent, depends on the value of potential applications in …

Light regulation of axillary bud outgrowth along plant axes: an overview of the roles of sugars and hormones

A Schneider, C Godin, F Boudon… - Frontiers in plant …, 2019 - frontiersin.org
Apical dominance, the process by which the growing apical zone of the shoot inhibits bud
outgrowth, involves an intricate network of several signals in the shoot. Auxin originating …