Crop Responses under Phosphate Deficiency: Integration of Plant Physiology in Sensing and Modelling Virtual Plant
Phosphorus (P) is a key determinant of agricultural yield, but often poorly mobile in soil and not plant available. To improve the P use-efficiency, a comprehensive understanding of plant reactions to P deficiency and the processes to make P plant available is essential. The aim of this project is to use the whole plant computational model “CPlantBox” to better understand: 1. How P deficiency affects the root and shoot development. 2. How this will in turn affect water and nitrogen uptake or light use efficiency.
Phosphorus (P) is a key determinant of agricultural yield, but often poorly mobile in soil and not plant available. To improve the P use-efficiency, a comprehensive understanding of plant reactions to P deficiency and the processes to make P plant available is essential. The aim of this project is to use the whole plant computational model “CPlantBox” to better understand: 1. How P deficiency affects the root and shoot development. 2. How this will in turn affect water and nitrogen uptake or light use efficiency.