Abstract:

Thanks to the rapid advances in computer software and hardware, significant progress has been made in virtual plant over the past 30 years. Now the technique of virtual plant has become one of the core parts of supporting techniques in precision agriculture. In the present paper, the development history and present advances of virtual plant are summerized, several developing trends are discussed based on the present technical limitations. Some applications of virutal plant in science research, precision agriculture, education and animation moves are also introduced in the last.