Simulation of inflorescence dynamics in oil palm and estimation of environment-sensitive phenological phases: A model based analysis

Functional Plant Biology

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 263-279

  Combres, Jean Claude ^a   Pallas, Benoît ^a   Rouan, Lauriane ^a   Mialet Serra, Isabelle ^b   Caliman, Jean Pierre ^c   Braconnier, Serge ^a   Soulié, Jean Christophe ^a   Dingkuhn, Michael ^a  

^a UMR AGAP   (France)

^b CIRAD   (France)

^c SMART Research Institute   (Indonesia)

Author keywords

Elaeis guineensis; inflorescence abortion; parameter optimisation; photoperiod; plant growth model; sex determination; source sink relationships

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; ECOPHYSIOLOGY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FLOWERING; GENETIC ALGORITHM; GROWTH MODELING; HARVESTING; MODEL VALIDATION; MONOCOTYLEDON; PARAMETERIZATION; PHENOLOGY; PHOTOPERIOD; SEX DETERMINATION; SOURCE-SINK DYNAMICS;

BENIN [EDO]; COTE D'IVOIRE; EDO; INDONESIA; NIGERIA;

ELAEIS; ELAEIS GUINEENSIS;

EID: 84877112222     PISSN: 14454408     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/FP12133     Document Type: Article

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