On systems thinking, systems biology, and the in silico plant

Plant Physiology

Volumn 134, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 909-911

  Hammer, Graeme L ^a,b   Sinclair, Thomas R ^c   Chapman, Scott C ^b   Van Oosterom, Erik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GENETIC ENGINEERING; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PHYSIOLOGY; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT SIMULATION PLANTS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

EID: 1642506314     PISSN: 00320889     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1104/pp.103.034827     Document Type: Article

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