Modelling the interindividual variability of organogenesis in sugar beet populations using a hierarchical segmented model

Charlotte Baey, Anne Didier, Sébastien Lemaire, Fabienne Maupas and Paul-Henry Cournède

Ecological Modelling, 2013, vol. 263, issue C, 56-63

Abstract: Modelling the interindividual variability in plant populations is a key issue to enhance the predictive capacity of plant growth models at the field scale. In the case of sugar beet, this variability is well illustrated by rate of leaf appearance, or by its inverse the phyllochron. Indeed, if the mean phyllochron remains stable among seasons, there is a strong variability between individuals, which is not taken into account when using models based only on mean population values.

Keywords: Nonlinear mixed model; Hierarchical model; Segmented regression; Sugar beet; Interindividual variability; Plant growth modelling (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2013
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DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2013.04.013

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