6. AXILLARY BUD BEHAVIOUR
 Could hedging cause exhaustion of flowering
and branching sites?
 Do axillary buds have a fixed fate determined at
formation ?
OR is their behaviour dependent on environment?
 AND how?

10. Meristems and modelling

11. A. Temperature – sequence of exposure

12. Inflorescence numbers and temperature sequence

13. B. Patterns in location

14. Distribution of inflorescences within growth units

15. Distribution of inflorescences among growth units

16. Distribution of inflorescences among stems

17. Continuing investigations
A. Temperature
– time of floral initiation
B. Location
– stem patterns
– plastic with pruning
– related to formation?

18. CARBOHYDRATES + 3D STRUCTURE
• New growth utilisation of stored vs newly
synthesised carbohydrates

19. C. Carbohydrate movement and growth

21. CARBOHYDRATES + 3D STRUCTURE
• New growth utilisation of stored vs newly
synthesised carbohydrates
• Branching angles

22. ADD DATA TO MODEL:
Iterative process of :
adding information to
model
checking accuracy
&
determining next
information required

23. Acknowledgements
Funding Advisors
Jim Hanan
Shu Fukai
Russell Stephenson
Susanne Schmidt