Architecture des plantes et production végétales. Les apports de la modélisation mathématique. 2018. (Collection 'Synthèses'). illus.(col). 353 p. Paper bd.- In French.

How can plant production be modelled using concepts from plant architecture? At the interface between biology, mathematics and computer science, the plant modelling presented in this book helps us understand how a plant's architecture is constructed, step by step, while supporting plant production, i.e. according to the type of economic value. To do this, we must first model organogenesis, which originates in buds and drives architectural development, with its botanical rules. We must then model photosynthesis, with its eco-physiological rules and the source-sink relationships between organs that produce and distribute biomass in the plant. Once the parameters and equations have been identified and established, computer programs can be used to simulate the growth and architecture of plants and stands according to environmental conditions (temperature, light, water, planting density).

The 2D or 3D simulations of plants reproduced in the book are not mere illustrations; they digitally and accurately reproduce the development and growth of the plants studied. There are numerous potential applications for this modelling, primarily involving the estimation of the development and growth parameters of the cultivated plant under study. The book presents multiple examples: arabidopsis, maize, sunflower, cotton, coffee, cherry, maple, etc. These sets of parameters can then be used in selection or production optimisation schemes for cropping systems (irrigation, etc.).