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The algorithmic beauty of plant roots -- an L-System model for dynamic root growth simulation

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  • Daniel Leitner
  • Sabine Klepsch
  • Astrid Knieß
  • Andrea Schnepf

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Understanding the impact of root architecture on plant resource efficiency is important, in particular, in the light of upcoming shortages of mineral fertilizers and changed environmental conditions. In the 1950s, a great number of root systems of European cultivated plants were excavated and studied by L. Kutschera (1960). Her work gave enormous insight into the variety of root system architectures and helped to realize the importance of belowground processes to plant productivity. We analysed the resulting hand drawings by using mathematical modelling and found root system parameters for a newly developed parametric L-System model. In this way we were able to first reproduce the illustrations, second computationally analyse root system traits and finally access the dynamic root architecture development.

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  • Daniel Leitner & Sabine Klepsch & Astrid Knieß & Andrea Schnepf, 2010. "The algorithmic beauty of plant roots -- an L-System model for dynamic root growth simulation," Mathematical and Computer Modelling of Dynamical Systems, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 16(6), pages 575-587, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:nmcmxx:v:16:y:2010:i:6:p:575-587
    DOI: 10.1080/13873954.2010.491360
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