YplantQMC (version 0.6-6)

readp: Reads the data from a .p file.

Description

Reads all data of the plant input file (.p) into a dataframe.

Usage

readp(pfile = NA)

Arguments

pfile

Name of the p file (a character string).

Value

Dataframe. The column names correspond to the labels in the .p file, but duplicates have a numeric subscript;

N

- node number

MN

- mother node

ste

- stem (1) or branch (2)

Lt

- leaf type

Az, Az.1, Az.2

- Azimuth of stem, branch, petiole and leaf.

An, An.1, An.2

- Angle of stem, branch, petiole and leaf.

L, L.1, L.2, L.3

- Length of stem, branch, petiole and leaf.

More detail on the leaf angles:

Az.3

- Leaf azimuth (azimuth angle of the normal to the leaf surface).

Or

- Leaf orientation (azimuth angle of the midrib).

An.3

- Leaf angle (angle between normal to the leaf surface and the z-axis).