Preliminary Course.
Eco-Physiology
Preliminary Notions. Factors affecting plant growth.
Plant growth results from both endogenous processes and environmental factors.
The endogenous process
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The endogenous process: plant structure establishment
Plant structure establishment is the final result of the endogenous process.
Such rules can be simulated with an automaton. In the illustrated example the structure is built from five consecutive metamers at the same stage of differentiation. The terminal bud then reaches a flowering stage; the growth is thus determinate. (Drawing and animation P. de Reffye, CIRAD) |
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