Correlation between dynamic tomato fruit-set and source–sink ratio: a common relationship for different plant densities and seasons? | Zendy

Mengzhen Kang | Zendy; Lili Yang | Zendy; BaoGui Zhang | Zendy; Philippe de Reffye | Zendy

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Correlation between dynamic tomato fruit-set and source–sink ratio: a common relationship for different plant densities and seasons?

Author(s) -

Mengzhen Kang,

Lili Yang,

BaoGui Zhang,

Philippe de Reffye

Publication year - 2010

Publication title -

annals of botany

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 1.567

H-Index - 176

eISSN - 1095-8290

pISSN - 0305-7364

DOI - 10.1093/aob/mcq244

Subject(s) - sink (geography) , biology , inflorescence , biomass partitioning , fruit set , greenhouse , sowing , agronomy , horticulture , botany , biomass (ecology) , pollen , cartography , pollination , geography

It is widely accepted that fruit-set in plants is related to source-sink ratio. Despite its critical importance to yield, prediction of fruit-set remains an ongoing problem in crop models. Functional-structural plant models are potentially able to simulate organ-level plasticity of plants. To predict fruit-set, the quantitative link between source-sink ratio and fruit-set probability is analysed here via a functional-structural plant model, GreenLab.

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