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Ecophysiological Process-Based Model to Simulate Carbon Fluxes in Plants

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Plant Metabolic Flux Analysis

Part of the book series: Methods in Molecular Biology ((MIMB,volume 1090))

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Carbon fluxes in plants have been subject to many modeling studies. The conceptual framework of models of carbon acquisition, allocation, and metabolism in plants are first introduced, together with methods to calibrate and evaluate the validity of the resulting models. The possibility to combine different models within an integrated plant–organ system is illustrated. In the last part of the chapter, methods used to measure the carbon flows at the plant scale are discussed.

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  1. UR 1115, Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, INRA, Domaine St Paul, Avignon Cedex, France

    Valentina Baldazzi, Hélène Gautier & Michel Génard

  2. UR 1115, Plantes et Systèmes de culture Horticoles, INRA, Domaine St Paul, Avignon Cedex 9, France

    Nadia Bertin

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Baldazzi, V., Bertin, N., Gautier, H., Génard, M. (2014). Ecophysiological Process-Based Model to Simulate Carbon Fluxes in Plants. In: Dieuaide-Noubhani, M., Alonso, A. (eds) Plant Metabolic Flux Analysis. Methods in Molecular Biology, vol 1090. Humana Press, Totowa, NJ. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-62703-688-7_21

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