MuSCA: a multi-scale source-sink carbon allocation model to explore carbon allocation in plants. An application to static apple tree structures.

ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND AND AIMS:Carbon allocation in plants is usually represented at a topological scale, specific to each model. This makes the results obtained with different models, and the impact of their scales of representation, difficult to compare. In this study, we developed a multi-scale carbon allocation model (MuSCA) that allows the use of different, user-defined, topological scales of a plant, and assessment of the impact of each spatial scale on simulated results and computation time. METHODS:Model multi-scale consistency and behaviour were tested on three realistic apple tree structures. Carbon allocation was computed at five scales, spanning from the metamer (the finest scale, used as a reference) up to first-order branches, and for different values of a sap friction coefficient. Frui

SUBMITTER: Reyes F 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC7489079 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature