Contributions for oral communications and posters in the field of Functional-Structural Plant Models, including Plant Growth Modeling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications are welcome (including, but not limited to):
·Concepts and Hypotheses in Plant Modeling
Keywords: Sink-Source Regulation, Root-shoot Relationships, Plant Competition Mechanisms, Autonomy and Competition between plant modules, Phenotypic Plasticity, Plant Intelligence, Branch Autonomy, Hormonal Control, Development Pattern, Acclimatization to Climate Change.
·Functional-structural models of plants and plant communities
Keywords: Root system, Plant Architecture, Regulation of Plant Development and Structure, Photosynthesis (Carbon Assimilation), Resource Acquisition, Transport, Allocation, and Use,Plant Biomechanics, Hormonal Control and Signaling,Auxin Transport, Molecular Genetics of Plant Development, Plant Tissues; Organogenesis, Plant Community.
·Modeling Plant-Environment Interaction
Keywords: Microclimate, Soil, Plant Nutrition, Pest, Pathogens, Drought, Climate Change, Environment model, Plant Disease, Plant-Insect Interactions, Pest Attack, Plant Growth Perturbation, Controlled Environment, Biophysical Processes Interactions, Phytoclimate, Plant Manipulation (e.g. Pruning, Mowing).
·Data Acquisition for Plant Models
Keywords: Encoding of Plant Topology,measurements of plant architecture, 3D Reconstruction of Plant Architecture, LIDAR, Remote Sensing, GIS, GPS, Interaction, Image process, Sampling Strategies, Morphological Ideotype Traits, Plant Identification, Plant Architecture, Internet of Things.
·Model Analysis
Keywords: Model Calibration, Model Verification/Validation, Identifiability, Data Assimilation, Optimal Control, Filtering Technique, Parameter Optimization, Inverse Method, Scenario Simulation, Sensitivity Analysis, Scaling Issue, Model Analysis, Discrete Model, Continuous Model, Stochastic Model, Model Comparison.
·Model Applications
Keywords: Functional Landscape, Thinning, Harvesting, Forest Management, Agricultural Management System
·Plant and Landscape Visualization
Keywords: Visualization of Plants at Organ/Plant/Stand/Landscape Scales, Realistic and Interactive Representation of Plants and Their Environment, Fast Rendering, Application of Plant Visualization to Agricultural and Forestry Management, Forest Scene with High Complexity, Texture Synthesis, Virtual Reality, Video Games.
·System Simulation and Implementation for Plant Modelling
Keywords: Modeling software, High Performance Computation, Multiresolution Modeling,GPU, L-System, Automaton, Fractal, Platform, Ontology, Algorithm, Parallel Computation, Collaborative Programming.