Exploration of digital plant and its technology system.

Digital plant is the foundation of digital agriculture. Digital plant tries to explore plant kingdom by using digitized methods,and also provides information services and technology platform for digitized description,growth modeling,process simulation,visualized calculation and analysis,collaborative experiment,model sharing and integrated applications of plant-life systems. It is of great significance for discussion of digital plant and its technology system. In this paper,the concept of digital plant is introduced with a detail analysis of the basic research issues in this area. The academic foundation and technology system for digital plant are then discussed with an in-depth discussion of the strategic emphases of its research issues and strategies are to be expected. This research may provide a reference for the further development of digital plant.