Plant Morphology and Function, Geometric Morphometrics, and Modelling: Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants

Jie Gao; Weiwei Huang; Johan Gielis; Peijian Shi

doi:10.3390/plants12213724

Plant Morphology and Function, Geometric Morphometrics, and Modelling: Decoding the Mathematical Secrets of Plants

Plants (Basel). 2023 Oct 30;12(21):3724. doi: 10.3390/plants12213724.

Authors

Jie Gao¹, Weiwei Huang², Johan Gielis³, Peijian Shi²

Affiliations

¹ College of Life Sciences, Xinjiang Normal University, Urumqi 830054, China.
² Bamboo Research Institute & College of Ecology and Environment, Nanjing Forestry University, Nanjing 210037, China.
³ Department of Biosciences Engineering, University of Antwerp, B-2020 Antwerp, Belgium.

Abstract

Functional plant traits include a plant's phenotypic morphology, nutrient element characteristics, and physiological and biochemical features, reflecting the survival strategies of plants in response to environmental changes [...].

Publication types

Editorial

Grants and funding

This work was supported by the Natural Science Foundation of Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (No. 2022D01A213), Fundamental Research Funds for Universities in Xinjiang (No. XJEDU2023P071), Innovation and Entrepreneurship Training Program for College Students in 2023 (No. S202310762004), Xinjiang Normal University Landmark Achievements Cultivation Project (No. XJNUBS2301), Xinjiang Graduate Innovation and Entrepreneurship Project and Tianchi Talent Program.