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Introducing the new #CPlantBox
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🔬 Research: https://buff.ly/3PKZw18
#PlantScience 🧪#FSPM
Introducing the new CPlantBox
Computational model may help unravel the complex processes of drought tolerance.
botany.one
December 20, 2024 at 4:10 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💧 CPlantBox, a whole-plant #modelling framework for the simulation of water- and carbon-related processes
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience
September 24, 2025 at 4:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
Integrating functional-structural plant models into a data generation framework to simulate #photosynthesis
by @dhelmrich.bsky.social Mona Giraud, Jens Gobbert, Hanno Scharr, Morris Riedel, Ebba Hvannberg, Andrea Schnepf
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Virtual world coupling with photosynthesis evaluation for synthetic data production
Abstract. In this work, we couple the functional–structural plant model CPlantBox to the Unreal Engine by exploiting the implemented raytracing pipeline to
doi.org
August 5, 2026 at 4:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
🌿💧 Phloem anatomy restricts #root system architecture development: theoretical clues from in silico experiments
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #CPlantBox #PlantScience
doi.org
January 13, 2026 at 5:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻 🌿 Models Explain How Phloem Anatomy Restricts #Root System Architecture Development
by Xiao-Ran Zhou, Andrea Schnepf, Jan Vanderborght, Daniel Leitner, Harry Vereecken, Guillaume Lobet
https://buff.ly/3RqJNoV #CPlantBox #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
buff.ly
February 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻 💧 #CPlantBox: a fully coupled #modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #CPlantBox #PlantScience
CPlantBox: a fully coupled modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum
Abstract. A plant’s development is strongly linked to the water and carbon flows in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum. Expected climate shifts will alter
doi.org
January 15, 2026 at 5:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
🌿 Models Explain How Phloem Anatomy Restricts #Root System Architecture Development
by Xiao-Ran Zhou, Andrea Schnepf, Jan Vanderborght, Daniel Leitner, Harry Vereecken, Guillaume Lobet
doi.org/g732cf #CPlantBox #FSPM #PlantScience
May 16, 2025 at 4:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
Introducing Synavis, a framework that generates synthetic data for training deep learning models using #UnrealEngine
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience #DeepLearning #CPlantBox
October 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
guillaumelobet.bsky.social
In short, Felix grew plants in rhizotron under contrasted P supply. He digitalised the root and shoot development over time, to be able to calibrate a computational plant model, CPlantBox.
schematic representing the method to digitalize root system architecture. 1 : whole plant imaging in rhizotron. 2. segmentation using CNN (AI) model. 3. digitalisation using root image analysis tool. 4. parameter extraction. 5. simulation of the plant using the model CPlantBox
November 14, 2024 at 10:36 AM
dhelmrich.bsky.social
Can Virtual World Models accurately inform synthetic data?
We coupled CPlantBox with Unreal Engine to simulate light influx on plant surfaces. The impact? Demonstrated versatility for AI
Read our paper: doi.org/10.1093/insi...
Video: doi.org/10.6084/m9.f...
#SyntheticData #PlantScience #UnrealEngine
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doi.org
September 22, 2025 at 7:54 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💧 #CPlantBox: a fully coupled #modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil-plant-atmosphere continuum
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #CPlantBox #PlantScience
CPlantBox: a fully coupled modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum
Abstract. A plant’s development is strongly linked to the water and carbon flows in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum. Expected climate shifts will alter
doi.org
December 30, 2025 at 5:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
☀️🌾 Virtual world coupling with #photosynthesis evaluation for synthetic data production
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #PlantScience #FSPM #CPlantBox #UnrealEngine
October 23, 2025 at 3:10 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻🌿 A new framework that supports direct and scalable coupling of realistic #FSPM visualization with #UnrealEngine

#Synavis #FSPM #CPlantBox

doi.org/10.1093/insi... from Dirk Helmrich, Felix Bauer, Mona Giraud, Andrea Schnepf, Jens Henrik Göbbert, Hanno Scharr, Ebba Hvannberg and Morris Riedel
January 3, 2024 at 4:41 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻🌿Synthetic data for training image processing artificial intelligence
#FSPM #CPlantBox @unrealengine.bsky.social

botany.one/2024/04/harn... from @botany.one
Harnessing the Power of Synthetic Data for Deep Learning Image Analysis
The Synavis framework provides a solution to overcome data scarcity for training deep learning biological image analysis models.
botany.one
April 12, 2024 at 6:40 PM
guillaumelobet.bsky.social
New paper out in @plantphys.bsky.social :

Juan Baca Cabrera combined #field & #lab/ #structural & #functional / #invivo & #insilico data to analyse how root #hydraulic traits decreased in German winter #wheat cultivars over 100 years of breeding

academic.oup.com/plphys/advan...
Two-panel figure illustrating root hydraulic conductance in wheat cultivars. Panel (a) shows a line graph of pressure chamber measurements of root hydraulic conductance (Krs) over the years of release from 1900 to 2000, with a downward trend indicated by a dashed line and shaded confidence interval. Panel (b) presents CPlantBox simulations comparing root hydraulic conductance (Krs) over time (in days) for two cultivars: S. Dickkopf (1895) and Tommi (2002), with the older cultivar showing higher conductance.
April 25, 2025 at 7:01 AM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
Five Root Models Compete in Benchmarking Challenge
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🔬 Research: https://buff.ly/4fqcQSR
#CPlantBox #OpenSimRoot #PhenoRob #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
t.co
December 13, 2024 at 4:10 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
Check out this video summary of the article Virtual World Coupling with #Photosynthesis Evaluation for Synthetic Data Production by @dhelmrich.bsky.social. Access it at
doi.org/10.6084/m9.f... #PlantScience
Video to: Virtual World Coupling with Photosynthesis Evaluation for Synthetic Data Production
In this work, we couple the functional-structural plant model CPlantBox to the Unreal Engine by exploiting the implemented lighting pipeline to evaluate light influx on the plant surface. There are…
doi.org
October 1, 2025 at 4:29 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻 🍃 Virtual world coupling with #photosynthesis evaluation for synthetic data production
by @dhelmrich.bsky.social Mona Giraud, Jens Henrik Gobbert, Hanno Scharr, Morris Riedel, Ebba Pora Hvannberg, Andrea Schnepf @agrosphere-ibg-3.bsky.social
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April 9, 2026 at 3:10 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻🍃 Latest implementation of #CPlantBox - water and #carbon fluxes in the #soil–plant–atmosphere continuum

https://buff.ly/3PKZw18 #FSPM #PlantScience 🧪
CPlantBox: a fully coupled modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum
Abstract. A plant’s development is strongly linked to the water and carbon flows in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum. Expected climate shifts will alter
doi.org
December 9, 2024 at 4:10 PM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💻 🌿 Introducing a pipleline for the creation of synthetic data for #modelling
by Dirk Norbert Baker, Felix Maximilian Bauer, Mona Giraud, Andrea Schnepf, Jens Henrik Göbbert, Hanno Scharr, Ebba Þora Hvannberg, Morris Riedel
buff.ly/3NmsClu #FSPM #CPlantBox #PlantSci…
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March 4, 2025 at 5:29 PM
guillaumelobet.bsky.social
This change was also confirmed by modelling the effect of root architecture changes on Krs using the computational root CPlantBox.

Together, these results suggest that that #breeding may have unintentionally favored cultivars with smaller root systems and more conservative water uptake strategies
November 13, 2024 at 7:40 AM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💧 Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture #models: Quantitative comparison of simulated root water uptake
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #FSPM #CPlantBox #PlantScience
Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture models: Quantitative comparison of simulated root water uptake
Abstract. Functional-structural root architecture models have evolved as tools for the design of improved agricultural management practices and for the sel
doi.org
December 24, 2025 at 4:10 PM
guillaumelobet.bsky.social
The , with the model, he estimated the changes in root hydraulic conductivity (Krs) over time, for the different P levels.

What he observed was a decoupling between the impact of P on the total root system size (structure) and Krs (function)
schematics of different maize plants, of differetn sizes, grown under different P treatments. Plants are getting bigger with more P. The schematics are the output of the computational model CPlantBox plot showing the relationship between the root system conductivity and the plant age. The lines of different colors represent different P levels. The main difference between the lines is between the full P treatment (higher) and all the other ones.
November 14, 2024 at 10:36 AM
adrienheymans.bsky.social
Excited to share this work on maize root domestication & adaptation to global water availability! 🌱💧🧪

🌍 Thanks to Peng Yu and all collaborators

🔗https://www.nature.com/articles/s41588-024-01761-3

In addition, there are some cool root water models in use 😉 #CPlantBox #GRANAR-MECHA #MARSHAL
Geographical variability of SRN in traditional varieties of maize (n = 2,424). SRN was determined in globally collected traditional varieties of indicated geographical origin. Domestication and expansion times4 for maize populations are indicated accordingly. The global map of average annual precipitation between 1991 and 2020 is derived from NOAA’s Climate.gov (https://www.climate.gov) and WorldClim prec 30 s (https://www.worldclim.org/data/worldclim21.html#google_vignette). The map was produced in R (v.4.2.2) with the packages ‘maps’ and ‘raster’. Standard uptake fraction of seminal roots and lateral roots as a function of Seminal Root Number (SRN). For each SRN, the average proportion of water uptake per root type is expressed as a ratio relative to overall water uptake. The relative contribution to water uptake is considered separately for the primary root, lateral roots initiated from the primary root, total seminal roots and lateral roots initiated from seminal roots. Note that some of the traditional varieties with lower SRNs already formed very short crown roots but their contribution to water uptake is not considered.
May 28, 2024 at 9:34 AM
insilicoplants.bsky.social
💧 Collaborative benchmarking of #FSPM models: Quantitative comparison of simulated root water uptake
doi.org/10.1093/insi... #CPlantBox #PlantScience
Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture models: Quantitative comparison of simulated root water uptake
Abstract. Functional-structural root architecture models have evolved as tools for the design of improved agricultural management practices and for the sel
doi.org
January 8, 2026 at 5:29 PM