Table 1.
Calibrated parameters of wheat, fitted with the least- square-root method
| (A) PB, PS, PI, PF and PR are sink strength of organs (blade, sheath, internode, ear and root system), see eqn (2) | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sink strength | PA 1 | PA 2 | PA 3 |
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| Blade (PB) | 1 | 0·56 | 0·3 | ||
| Sheath (PS) | 0·47 | 0·32 | 0·14 | ||
| Internode (PI) | 0·67 | 0·40 | 0·20 | ||
| Ear (PF) | 0·57 | 0·23 | 0 | ||
| Root (PR) | 0·1 | 0·1 | 0·1 | ||
| (B) bB, bS, bI and bF are parameters controlling the form of sink function of organs, see eqn (3). r and k are linked to source function, see eqn (5) | |||||
| bB | bS | bI | bF | r | k |
| 0·53 | 2 | 0·45 | 0·6 | 11 | 0·52 |