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Understanding and optimizing species mixtures using functional-structural plant modelling.

Jochem B Evers¹, Wopke van der Werf¹, Tjeerd J Stomph¹

¹Centre for Crop Systems Analysis, Wageningen University, Wageningen, the Netherlands.

Journal of Experimental Botany

|August 31, 2018

Summary

Plant species mixtures boost crop yields by enhancing resource capture through complementary interactions. Functional-structural plant (FSP) modeling offers a powerful tool to understand and optimize these beneficial plant community dynamics for sustainable agriculture.

Keywords:

Complementarity diversity phenotypic plasticity resource foraging simulation model virtual plant

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Area of Science:

Ecology
Agronomy
Plant Biology

Background:

Plant species mixtures enhance productivity over monocultures by exploiting complementary resource capture.
Individual plant organs adapt to local resource availability, improving overall community performance.
Understanding the drivers of complementary growth responses in mixtures is crucial for sustainable agriculture.

Purpose of the Study:

To advocate for functional-structural plant (FSP) modeling as a tool to analyze plant mixture functioning.
To integrate plant structural and physiological responses to resource availability and competition.
To accelerate research on mixed-species plant systems for sustainable yield increases.

Main Methods:

Utilizing functional-structural plant (FSP) models to simulate plant community dynamics.
Analyzing interactions between individual plant behavior, resource acquisition, and environmental factors.
Integrating physiological and structural plant responses within FSP models.

Main Results:

FSP models can simulate how individual plant responses to competition and resource availability drive community-level productivity.
These models integrate plant organ-level adaptations with whole-plant performance in mixtures.
The approach facilitates understanding of resource capture dynamics in plant communities.

Conclusions:

Functional-structural plant (FSP) modeling is a valuable approach for studying plant species mixtures.
This modeling framework can elucidate mechanisms of complementarity and competition in plant communities.
FSP models can support the development of knowledge to promote sustainable agriculture through plant mixtures.