Code
01T01911
Duration
01 May 2012 → 31 December 2012
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund
Promotor
Research disciplines
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Natural sciences
- General biology
- Plant biology
Keywords
Plant growth
translocation
carbon partitioning
modelling
phloem transport
ecophysiology
radiotracers
Project description
Carbohydrate is transported to many places within a plant for its growth, but little is yet known of the mechanisms that determine the distribtuion. Non-invasive 11C-based plant research resulted in a succesful mechanistic model "MTF". But observed dynamics were ignored: we will use MTF, and Ghent's software PhytoSim, to mine this un-tapped resource. Further, we will evaluate the potential for plant research in Ghent to use 11C, an under-utilized but invaluable technique.