GRANAR
Adrien Heymans, Valentin Couvreur and Guillaume Lobet (UClouvain)
Overview
| Model category | SPM |
|---|---|
| Plant part | Root |
| Scale | Cells |
| Licence | open_source |
| Operating system | Any |
| Programming language | R |
| Format of model inputs and outputs | xml |
| Species studied | Maize |
| Execution environment | Console, Web-based |
Scientific article
GRANAR, a new computational tool to better understand the functional importance of root anatomyAdrien Heymans,Valentin Couvreur,Therese LaRue,Ana Paez-Garcia,Guillaume Lobet, 2019 View paper
Model description
Generator of Root ANAtomy in R (GRANAR) is a open-source computational tool that can be used to rapidly generate digital versions of monocotyledon root anatomical networks. GRANAR uses a limited set of root anatomical parameters, easily acquired with existing image analysis tools. The generated anatomical network can then be used in combination with hydraulic models to estimate the corresponding hydraulic properties.
Some case studies
GRANAR enables the quantification of the individual anatomical features effect on the root radial conductivity.