Table 1.

Summary of the origin of biomass data in the existing large-scale metabolic models of plants.

Species	No.	Model	Biomass composition data	Biomass used as
Arabidopsis (Arabidopsis thaliana)	1	Poolman et al., 2009	Experimental	Constraint
	2	de Oliveira Dal'Molin et al., 2010a	Literature (Guinn, 1966; Poorter and Bergkotte, 1992; Niemann et al., 1995)	Constraint
	3	Radrich et al., 2010	No biomass	No simulation
	4	Saha et al., 2011	Literature (Spector, 1956; Muller et al., 1970; Penningd et al., 1974; Wedig et al., 1987) or other related organisms	No simulation
	5	Mintz-Oron et al., 2012	Literature (Weise et al., 2000; Reinders et al., 2005; Poolman et al., 2009; de Oliveira Dal'Molin et al., 2010a)	No simulation
	6	Chung et al., 2013	No biomass	No simulation
	7	Cheung et al., 2013	Experimental	Constraint
	8	Arnold and Nikoloski, 2014	Literature (Döermann et al., 1995; Sharrock and Clack, 2002; Mooney et al., 2006; DeBolt et al., 2009; Tschoep et al., 2009; Pyl et al., 2012; Sulpice et al., 2013)	Objective
Barley (Hordeum vulgare)	9	(Grafahrend-Belau et al., 2009)	Literature (OECD, 2004)	Objective
	10	Grafahrend-Belau et al., 2013	Literature (Antongiovanni and Sargentini, 1991; Bonnett and Incoll, 1993a,b)	Constraint
Rapeseed (Brassica napus)	11	Hay and Schwender, 2011	Biomass macromolecules determined experimentally, the composition of biomass macromolecules obtained from literature (Katterman and Ergle, 1966; Norton, 1989; Schwender and Ohlrogge, 2002; Town et al., 2006)	Constraint
	12	Pilalis et al., 2011	Literature (Schwender et al., 2004, 2006)	Objective
Maize (Zea mays)	13	de Oliveira Dal'Molin et al., 2010b	Literature (Poorter and Bergkotte, 1992; Niemann et al., 1995; Guinn, 1966)	Constraint
	14	Saha et al., 2011	Literature (Spector, 1956; Muller et al., 1970; Penningd et al., 1974; Wedig et al., 1987) or other related organisms	Objective
	15	Simons et al., 2014	Experimental	Objective
Sorghum (Sorghum bicolor)	16	de Oliveira Dal'Molin et al., 2010b	Literature (Guinn, 1966; Poorter and Bergkotte, 1992; Niemann et al., 1995)	Constraint
Sugarcane (Saccharum officinarum)	17	de Oliveira Dal'Molin et al., 2010b	Literature (Guinn, 1966; Poorter and Bergkotte, 1992; Niemann et al., 1995)	Constraint
Rice (Oryza sativa)	18	(Poolman et al., 2013)	Literature (Juliano, 1985; Kwon and Soh, 1985)	Constraint
	19	Lakshmanan et al., 2013	Literature (Juliano, 1985; Edwards et al., 2012)	Objective
Tomato (Solanum lycopersicum)	20	Colombié et al., 2015	Experimental	Constraint
	21	Yuan et al., 2016	Literature (Sheen, 1983; Roessner-Tunali et al., 2003; Schauer et al., 2005; Nunes-Nesi et al., 2007; Sánchez-Rodríguez et al., 2010; El-Sayed, 2013)	Constraint