Scaling up to whole-plant and crop levels short-term responses of leaf growth to water deficit
Résumé
Introduction : One challenge of FSPM in ecophysiology is to bridge the gap between physiological and genetic studies that focus on short-term mechanisms, and whole-plant models designed to predict biomass accumulation, transpiration and yield in field conditions. We developed here a model of leaf growth and development in maize and interfaced it with the crop model APSIM for simulation at canopy level.