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distribution of photosynthesis from leaf to canopy in a plant growth chamber. Ecol Model
156:201–212
Bruchou C, Génard M (1999) A space-time model of carbon translocation along a shoot bearing
fruits. Annals of Botany 84:565–576
Bussières P (1994) Water import rate in tomato fruit—a resistance model. Annals of Botany
73:75–82
Bussières P (2002) Water import in the young tomato fruit limited by pedicel resistance and calyx
transpiration. Functional Plant Biology 29:631–641
Buwalda JG (1991) A mathematical model of carbon acquisition and utilisation by kiwifruit
vines. Ecological Modellin 57:43–64
Dai X, Huo Z, Wang H (2011) Simulation for response of crop yield to soil moisture and salinity
with artificial neural network. Field Crops Res 121:441–449
Dalaca A, Kompare B, Robnik-Sikonja M, Sgardelis SP (2000) Modeling the effects of
environmental conditions on apparent photosynthesis of Stipabromoides by machine learning
tools. Ecol Model 129:245–257
Danson FM, Rowland CS (2003) Training a neural network with a canopy reflectance model to
estimate crop leaf area index. Int J Remote Sens 24:4891–4905
Espinosa-Calderon A, Torres-Pacheco I, Padilla-Medina J, Osornio-Rios R, de Jesus RomeroTroncoso R, Villaseñor-Mora C, Rico-Garcia E, Guevara-Gonzalez R (2011) Description of
photosynthesis measurement methods in green plants involving optical techniques, advantages and limitations. Afr J Agric Res 6:2638–2647
Farquhar G, Von Caemmerer S, Berry J (2001) Models of photosynthesis. Plant Physiol 125:42–45
Fishman S, Génard M (1998) A biophysical model of fruit growth: simulation of seasonal and
diurnal dynamics of mass. Plant Cell Environ 21:739-752
Fortin JG, Anctil F, Parent LI, Bolinder MA (2010) A neural network experiment on the site-specific
simulation of potato tuber growth in Eastern Canada. Comput Electron Agric 73:126–132
Freedman VL, Ibaraki M (2003) Coupled reactive mass transport and fluid flow; issues in model
verification. Adv Water Resour 26:117–127
Génard M, Huguet JG (1996) Modeling the response of peach fruit growth to water stress. Tree
Physiol 16:407–415
Génard M, Souty M (1996) Modeling the peach sugar contents in relation to fruit growth. J Am
Soc Hortic Sci 121:1122–1131
Génard M, Lescourret F (2004) Modelling fruit quality: ecophysiological, agronomical and
ecological perspectives. In: Dris R, Jain SM (eds) Production practices and quality assessment
of food crops, Vol. I, ‘Preharvest practice’. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The
Netherlands, pp 47–82
Gibert C, Lescourret F, Génard M, Vercambre G, Pastor AP (2005) Modelling the effect of fruit
growth on surface conductance to water vapour diffusion. Ann Bot 95:673–683
Godoy LA, Dartani PM (2001) Validación de modelos en mecánica computacional. Mecánica
computacional 20:663–670
Gomez L, Lopez J, Riano N, Lopez Y, Montoya E (2005) Diurnal changes in leaf gas exchange
and validation of a mathematical model for coffee (Coffea arabica l) canopy photosynthesis.
Photosynthetica 43:575–582
Grossman YL, DeJong TM (1994) PEACH: a simulation model of reproductive and vegetative
growth in peach trees. Tree Physiol 138:507–510
Gutierrez AP, Williams DW, Kido H (1985) A model of grape growth and development: the
mathematical structure and biological considerations. Crop Sci 25:721–728
Guzmán-Cruz R, Castañeda-Miranda R, García-Escalante JJ, López-Cruz IL, Lara-Herrera A, De
la Rosa JI (2009) Calibration of a greenhouse climate model using evolutionary algorithms.
Biosyst Eng 104:135–142
Guzmán-Cruz R (2010) Evolutive algorithms for the parameters estimation of the climatic model of
a greenhouse. PhD Thesis Universidad Autonóma de Querétaro, Querétaro, México (In spanish)
Haefner JW (2005) Modeling biological systems: principles and application. Springer, New York
2 Mathematical Modeling of Biosystems
73