TY  - JOUR
AU  - Bucksch, Alexander
AU  - Atta-Boateng, Acheampong
AU  - Azihou, Akomian F.
AU  - Battogtokh, Dorjsuren
AU  - Baumgartner, Aly
AU  - Binder, Brad M.
AU  - Braybrook, Siobhan A.
AU  - Chang, Cynthia
AU  - Coneva, Viktoirya
AU  - DeWitt, Thomas J.
AU  - Fletcher, Alexander G.
AU  - Gehan, Malia A.
AU  - Diaz-Martinez, Diego Hernan
AU  - Hong, Lilan
AU  - Iyer-Pascuzzi, Anjali S.
AU  - Klein, Laura L.
AU  - Leiboff, Samuel
AU  - Li, Mao
AU  - Lynch, Jonathan P.
AU  - Maizel, Alexis
AU  - Maloof, Julin N.
AU  - Markelz, R. J. Cody
AU  - Martinez, Ciera C.
AU  - Miller, Laura A.
AU  - Mio, Washington
AU  - Palubicki, Wojtek
AU  - Poorter, Hendrik
AU  - Pradal, Christophe
AU  - Price, Charles A.
AU  - Puttonen, Eetu
AU  - Reese, John B.
AU  - Rellán-Álvarez, Rubén
AU  - Spalding, Edgar P.
AU  - Sparks, Erin E.
AU  - Topp, Christopher N.
AU  - Williams, Joseph H.
AU  - Chitwood, Daniel H.
TI  - Morphological Plant Modeling: Unleashing Geometric and Topological Potential within the Plant Sciences
JO  - Frontiers in Functional Plant Ecology
VL  - 8
SN  - 1664-462X
CY  - Lausanne
PB  - Frontiers Media88991
M1  - FZJ-2017-04123
SP  - 900
PY  - 2017
AB  - The geometries and topologies of leaves, flowers, roots, shoots, and their arrangements have fascinated plant biologists and mathematicians alike. As such, plant morphology is inherently mathematical in that it describes plant form and architecture with geometrical and topological techniques. Gaining an understanding of how to modify plant morphology, through molecular biology and breeding, aided by a mathematical perspective, is critical to improving agriculture, and the monitoring of ecosystems is vital to modeling a future with fewer natural resources. In this white paper, we begin with an overview in quantifying the form of plants and mathematical models of patterning in plants. We then explore the fundamental challenges that remain unanswered concerning plant morphology, from the barriers preventing the prediction of phenotype from genotype to modeling the movement of leaves in air streams. We end with a discussion concerning the education of plant morphology synthesizing biological and mathematical approaches and ways to facilitate research advances through outreach, cross-disciplinary training, and open science. Unleashing the potential of geometric and topological approaches in the plant sciences promises to transform our understanding of both plants and mathematics.
LB  - PUB:(DE-HGF)16
UR  - <Go to ISI:>//WOS:000402951400001
C6  - pmid:28659934
DO  - DOI:10.3389/fpls.2017.00900
UR  - https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/834123
ER  -