The Fifth Mathematics in the Plant Sciences Study Group, 3-6 January 2012, at the University of Nottingham

1. Modelling the formation of diffraction gratings on top of iridescent petal epidermis

Problem presented by Beverley Glover, Edwige Moyroud and Silvia Vignolini  (University of Cambridge)

2. Dynamic modeling of cell shape during oscillatory pollen tube growth

Problem presented by Lawrence J. Winship ( Hampshire College and Visiting Research Professor, University of Massachusetts)

3. Understanding resource allocation in Brassica

Problem presented by Carol Wagstaff and Emma Bennett (University of Reading)

4. Regulation of the timing of tomato fruit ripening

Problem presented by Charlie Hodgman and Graham Seymour (University of Nottingham)

nb. The problem “Exploiting heterogeneous environments: how do plants  ‘decide‘ to acclimate to a highly variable light input?” was not presented by Erik Murchie (University of Nottingham) and Giles Johnson (University of Manchester) due to illness.