GreenLab is a mathematical dynamic model aiming to model and simulate plant structure establishment and production. It differs from computational models by the fact that both development and functional processes are described by equations. The model therefore quantifies structure (the number of ...

This module introduces an overview of plant structure and production models, underlying the following aspects:

- Plant growth results from two processes: the structure establishment (plant architecture), and its components size increase (biomass production)

- The structure establishment results ...

This module introduces plant and crop models approaches. General considerations about models are first listed, leading to distinguish descriptive models from causal ones (focus is given to causal models).

Principles of various approaches are then shortly introduced, with their pro and cons:

- Process ...