Predicting plant phenotypes under combined stress

Background and challenges

Well-established plant models at the individual level, such as the ecophysiological models they usually use, generally fail to cope with such realistic conditions. Indeed, the cellular scales, i.e. the scales where adaptation occurs, are poorly described in these models. The challenge of this project is therefore to refine the description of cellular and sub-cellular scales in plant modelling (and more generally in the modelling of multicellular organisms) and thus better link the genotype and phenotype of an organism.

Goals

This project aims to develop, calibrate and experimentally validate a mathematical model predicting the behaviour of the Arabidopsis thaliana plant under abiotic constraints (limited water and/or nitrogen availability). This model is based on the parsimonious distribution of resources between the different biological functions of the plant and thus reconciles the smallest scales (genes) with the phenotype.The project combines cutting-edge mathematical models in plant modelling with state-of-the-art experimental techniques designed to grow plants under the most robust environmental conditions, on the Phenoscope platform, to generate very high-quality biological data for model calibration and validation.

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