Time : 11:45 - 12:30
Presenter : Gerhard Buck-Sorlin
Room : CIP III

Coupling of source (photosynthesis) and sink (growth, respiration,…) functions

At the example of a sunflower model developed as a teaching tool at the Bachelor level, this session will briefly introduce the coupling of the previously introduced photosynthesis model with a simple allocation model based on the central pool concept and redistribution of assimilates according to the relative sink strength method introduced by Leo Marcelis. You can find the presentation here, the sunflower model is available for download here, and the standalone photosynthesis model by Kim and Lieth is available here

Note that this is a preliminary version in which the actual growth rate is not yet fully functional. A more stable version will be provided soon (…hopefully!).