The Third international symposium on Plant Growth modling, Simulation, Visualization and Applications (PMA09)

This third event of the series (after PMA03 and PMA06) took place in Beijing from 2009, november 9th to 13rd. Under PMA09 board (CAU and CIRAD), the international scientific committee selected 42 oral contributions and 18 poster contributions. The board also invited 4 key note speakers. Presentations where of high quality. They show that FSPM become mature. Most of the contributions present applications in which FSPMNprovide the background support for experiments, model coupling and focused specialized researches. Proceedings are edited by IEEE CPS. Selected papers were edited (or are currently edited) in the following journals: Annals of Botany, Journal of Computer Sciences and Technology, International Journal of Computer Sciences. The event was organized by the China Agricultural University (CAU), involving nearly 100 participants. Tutorial day attendieswere a dozen. The symposium received the support from the following French and Chinese institutions: CIRAD, INRIA, Agropolis Fondation, French Embassy in China, LIAMA, CAU, 863 Program, NSFC, CAF, CASIA, WSCT, CSIG, Nercita.