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  • Plant Biology
  • Computational Biology
  • Ecology

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  • Integrating biological processes across scales is challenging due to diverse research methods.
  • Arabidopsis thaliana is a model organism for plant growth, ecophysiology, and population genetics.
  • Crop modeling approaches are underutilized for Arabidopsis research.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a unified modeling framework for Arabidopsis life cycle simulation.
  • To link plant growth and ecophysiology models for a multi-scale understanding.
  • To simulate Arabidopsis population dynamics under various genotype × environment scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Combined plant growth and phenology models using agent-based modeling (Chromar).
  • Developed a simplified vegetative growth model (FM-lite) for Arabidopsis.
  • Extended FM-lite to FM-life, incorporating whole-life-cycle processes and seed dormancy.

Main Results:

  • FM-life successfully simulated Arabidopsis population-level responses across genotype × environment interactions.
  • Environmental effects on plant growth were linked to distinct simulated life history strategies.
  • Simulated reproductive success aligned with known Arabidopsis phenology and crop model physiology.

Conclusions:

  • The developed FM-life model provides a powerful tool for simulating Arabidopsis life cycles and evolution.
  • This integrated modeling approach bridges traditional research domains in plant biology.
  • Future work can extend this framework to directly simulate evolutionary processes in Arabidopsis.