The virtual seed (vSEED)

VSEED项目的目的是提供种子休眠、后成熟和萌发的动态数学描述，重点关注种子的关键部分-胚根和胚乳。这一跨学科项目将利用工程学、成像、建模和后基因组学方法，分析近缘关系密切的十字花科植物拟南芥和独脚菜的比较生物学，以开发虚拟萌发种子。我们认为，种子萌发是整合新技术和发展分子植物生物力学与动态数学模型相结合的理想示范课题。

The aim of the vSEED project is to provide a dynamic mathematical description of seed dormancy, after-ripening and germination focussing on the key seed compartments the radicle and endosperm. This interdisciplinary project will analyse the comparative biology of the closely related Brassicaceae species Arabidopsis thaliana and Lepidium sativum, using engineering, imaging, modelling and post-genomics approaches to develop a virtual germinating seed. We propose that germination is an ideal exemplary subject for the integration of new technologies and for developing molecular plant biomechanics in conjunction with dynamic mathematical modelling.