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Victor Picheny¹, Pierre Casadebaig², Ronan Trépos¹

¹INRA, UR875 MIAT, 31326, Castanet-Tolosan, France.

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Plant Science
Computational Biology
Agricultural Science

Background:

Numerical plant models simulate trait modifications and environmental interactions to predict plant performance.
Optimization methods design ideotypes by maximizing performance criteria, but often lack biological realism.

Purpose of the Study:

To develop a multi-objective optimization approach integrating performance and feasibility metrics for plant breeding.
To enhance the biological realism and attainability of ideotype design using simulation models.

Main Methods:

Proposed a multi-objective optimization formulation combining a plant model's performance metric with a feasibility metric based on trait correlations.
Applied the approach to a sunflower process-based crop model and an apple tree functional-structural plant model.

Main Results:

Successfully characterized key plant traits in both sunflower and apple models.
Identified a continuum of optimal solutions, balancing performance and feasibility.
Demonstrated the method's ability to guide desirable trait modification, including direction and intensity.

Conclusions:

The enhanced modeling approach provides a proof of concept for more realistic ideotype design.
This method aids in identifying optimal trait combinations for improved plant performance and adaptation.
Facilitates targeted genetic modifications for enhanced crop and tree breeding programs.