Quantifying the importance of a realistic tomato (Solanum lycopersicum) leaflet shape for 3-D light modelling.

ABSTRACT:

Background and aims

Leaflet shapes of tomato plants (Solanum lycopersicum) have been reduced to simple geometric shapes in previous functional-structural plant models (FSPMs) in order to facilitate measurements and reduce the time required to reconstruct the plant virtually. The level of error that such simplifications introduce remains unaddressed. This study therefore aims to quantify the modelling error associated with simplifying leaflet shapes.

Methods

Realistic shapes were implemented in a static tomato FSPM based on leaflet scans, and simulation results were compared to simple geometric shapes used in previous tomato FSPMs in terms of light absorption and gross photosynthesis, for both a single plant and a glasshouse scenario.

Key results

The effect of simplify

SUBMITTER: Vermeiren J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489060 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature