We found a match
Your institution may have access to this item. Find your institution then sign in to continue.
- Title
Creating a virtual leaf.
- Authors
Harwood, Richard
- Abstract
When microscopy meets modelling the exciting concept of a 'virtual leaf' is born. The goal of a 'virtual leaf' is to capture complex physiology in a virtual environment, resulting in the capacity to run experiments computationally. One example of a 'virtual leaf' application is capturing 3D anatomy from volume microscopy data and estimating where water evaporates in the leaf and the proportions of apoplastic, symplastic and gas phase water transport. The same 3D anatomy could then be used to improve established 3D reaction-diffusion models, providing a better understanding of the transport of CO2 across the stomata, through the airspace and across the mesophyll cell wall. This viewpoint discusses recent progress that has been made in transitioning from a bulk leaf approach to a 3D understanding of leaf physiology, in particular, the movement of CO2 and H2O within the leaf.
- Subjects
LEAF physiology; VIRTUAL reality; WATER-gas; LEAF anatomy; ANATOMY
- Publication
AoB Plants, 2023, Vol 15, Issue 3, p1
- ISSN
2041-2851
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/aobpla/plad033