A model of mechanics and gas exchange in a neighborhood of a single stoma

Ansgar Bohmann Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing & Center for Modelling and Simulation in the Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Germany
Andres Chavarria-Krauser Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing & Center for Modelling and Simulation in the Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Germany

Keywords: stomata, mechanics, turgor, diffusion, model, simulation

Abstract

The interplay of stomatal behaviour, epidermis mechanics, water flow, and diffusion is modeled dynamically with a system of ordinary and partial differential equations based on mechanical and thermodynamic principles. Simulation results of the discretised equations are shown.

Author Biography

Ansgar Bohmann, Interdisciplinary Center for Scientific Computing & Center for Modelling and Simulation in the Biosciences, Heidelberg University, Germany

PhD student.

Published

2013-06-03

Issue

FSPM2013

Section

2A Exchange and transport processes in plants

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