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English title:
Ecophysiology and modelisation
Course ID:
AM1C-ECOPHY
ECTS credits:
3,0
Title in native language:
Ecophysiologie et modÈlisation
Term Semester:
Spring/Summer
Instruction language(s):
English
French
Course content:
Lectures (20 hours)
Hierarchical levels of representation of growth
Ecophysiological processes
Factors determining crop growth and production
Potential growth
Crop Modelling: General considerations
History and classification of crop models
Influence of season and climate on crop growth
Modelling of ecophysiological processes (growth and
development, phenology, respiration, transpiration,
light absorption and photosynthesis, assimilate transport)
Genotype-Phenotype models
Introduction to Functional-Structural Plant Modelling
Techniques of phenotyping plant architecture
Expected previous knowledge:
Fundamentals of physiology, cropping system 1
Learning outcomes:
Gain basic understanding of formalisation of physiological processes
when and how to use crop models
Use and modify simple crop models
Teaching and learning methods:
Cooperative learning
Exam method:
Evaluation of a scientific article (on Functional-Structural Plant Modelling)
Scheduled dates:
Weeks 5-6

Organisation: Institut Agro - AgroCampus Ouest

Country:
France
Acronym:
IA_AO
ERASMUS+ code:
F PARIS484
Teaching period summer semester:
24. Jan 2022 - 19. Aug 2022
Teaching period winter semester:
01. Sep 2021 - 23. Jan 2022