Barley morphology, genetics and hormonal regulation of internode elongation modelled by a relational growth grammar

Gerhard H Buck-Sorlin1, Ole Kniemeyer, Winfried Kurth

  • 1Brandenburgische Technische Universität Cottbus, Department of Computer Science, Chair for Practical Computer Science/Graphics Systems, PO Box 101344, D-03013 Cottbus, Germany. buck@ipk-gatersleben.de

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