OpenAlea.Adel User Guide

Version:

2.0

Release:

2.0.2

Date:

Feb 16, 2026

This manual details functions, modules, and objects included in OpenAlea.Adel, describing what they are and what they do. For a complete reference guide, see Reference guide.

• General introduction
• Description of Adel’s inputs
  • Inputs describing development
    • axeT : Master table allowing to organize the information plant per plant
    • dimT : description of the dimensions of leaf blades, sheath and internodes
    • phenT : description of phenology of axes
    • earT : description of ear dimension and phenology
    • ssi2sen : description of progression of senescence in upper leaf blades as a function of SSI
  • Inputs describing geometry
    • How to specify the geometric data
  • Inputs describing simulation
  • Inner options of ADEL
    • Coordination in organ extension
    • Senescence of sheath and internodes
    • Disappearance of dead tillers
• Construction of the input tables
  • The levels of completeness
  • Construction of Adel input tables using the Python interpreter
    • The arguments to define by the user
    • Code example
  • Construction of Adel input tables using Visualea
  • Inner parameters for the construction of the input tables
• Description of Adel’s outputs
• Appendices
  • Construction of the input tables
    • Static view of plantgen
    • Dynamic view of plantgen
    • dynT_user_FULL
    • dynT_user_SHORT
    • dynT_user_MIN
    • dimT_user_FULL
    • dimT_user_SHORT
    • dimT_user_MIN
    • phenT_abs
    • dimT_abs
    • dynT
    • phenT_first
    • HS_GL_SSI_T
    • tilleringT
    • cardinalityT