Résumé
Find more sustainable and productive systems is a major challenge to fulfil increasing vegetable oil demand, including palm oil. Tackling climate changes requires bold and swift actions such as breeding of well suited plant material and implementation of innovative growing practices. But, to this end, we need sound bases of what ideotypes must be for the future and what the proper practices should consist in. For addressing these questions, functional-structural modelling approach (FSPM) enables to explore the relationships between 3D structure of plants with their physiological functioning in relation to weather conditions, with the possibility to simulate virtual management practices such as clearing and pruning. The main assumption underlying this project is the possibility to enhance potential oil palm production optimizing plant architecture in relation to radiation use efficiency. The present study investigates two aspects of a FSPM study applied to oil palm: i) characterize architectural variability and reconstruct three-dimensional (3D) mock-ups of oil palm and ii) estimatelight interception efficiency of different oil palm progenies from virtual stands.