Scale and Complexity in Plant Systems Research

- Preface: Genetics of plant performance: from molecular analysis to modeling:
1. Genetic and molecular analysis of growth responses to environmental factors using Arabidopsis thaliana natural Variation
2. From QTLs to genes controlling root traits in maize
3. Multi-trait multi-environment QTL modelling for drought stress adaptation in maize
4. Accounting for variability in the detection and use of markers for simple and complex traits
5. An integrated systems approach to crop improvement
6. Crop systems biology: an approach to connect functional genomics with crop modeling

- Modelling genotype environment interactions:

7. A modelling approach to genotype environment interaction:genetic analysis of the response of maize growth to environmental conditions
8. Modelling genotype environment management interactions to improve yield, water use efficiency and grain protein in wheat
9. Physiological processes to understand genotype environment interactions in maize silking dynamics
10. Modelling the genetic basis of response curves underlying genotype x environment interaction

- Physiology and genetics of crop adaptation:

11. Physiological interventions in breeding for adaptation to abiotic stress
12. Physiological traits for improving wheat yield under a wide range of conditions
13. Is plant growth driven by sink regulation? Implications for crop models, phenotyping approaches and ideotypes
14. Yield improvement associated with Lr19 translocation in wheat: which plant attributes are modified?

- Physiology and modelling of crop adaptation:

15. Simulation analysis of physiological traits to improve yield, nitrogen use efficiency and grain protein concentration in wheat
16. An architectural approach to investigate maize response to low temperature
17. Tillering in spring wheat: a 3D virtual plant-modelling study
18. Use of crop growth models to evaluate physiological traits in genotypes of horticultural crops

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