This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract • Aims This paper reviews the way optimization theory has been used in canopy models to analyse the adaptive significance of ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. - Sending breeders into fields to manually measure the characteristics of plants is slow, laborious and expensive. Remote sensing technologies, coupled with advanced analytics, ...

A feeling for the organism -- Plant behaviour foundations -- The origins of photosynthesis : what are the salient characteristics of living systems? -- The origins of photosynthesis : the evolution of ...

Green leaves and photosynthesis were once considered essential characteristics of plants. However, some plants have stopped performing photosynthesis and take the nutrients they need from other ...