This dataset contains the underlying data for the study:Evers JB, Vos J, Andrieu B, Struik PC. 2006. Cessation of tillering in spring wheat in relation to light interception and red : far-red ratio. Annals of Botany, 97: 649-658, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcl020Evers JB, Vos J, Fournier C, Andrieu B, Chelle M, Struik PC. 2007. An architectural model of spring wheat: evaluation of the effects of population density and shading on model parameterization and performance. Ecological Modelling 200: 308-320http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2006.07.042Chelle M, Evers JB, Combes D, Varlet-Grancher C, Vos J, Andrieu B. 2007. Simulation of the three-dimensional distribution of the red:far-red ratio within crop canopies. New Phytologist, 176: 223-234http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02161.xEvers JB, Vos J, Chelle M, Andrieu B, Fournier C, Struik PC. 2007. Simulating the effects of localized red:far-red ratio on tillering in spring wheat (Triticum aestivum) using a three-dimensional virtual plant model. New Phytologist, 176: 325-336http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-8137.2007.02168.x

Date Submitted: 2013-11-12

This dataset was collected as part of a series of related experiments. Both in the laboratory and under field conditions, to develop and validate an architectural model of wheat (Triticum aestivum), designed to explain effects of light conditions at the individual leaf level on tillering kinetics.