简介:Aworkshopon'Chips,ComputersandCrops'washeldinHangzhou,ChinaduringSeptember26-27,2008.ThemainobjectiveoftheworkshopwastobringtogetherChinaandUKscientistsfrommathematics,bioinformaticsandplantmolecularbiologycommunitiestoexchangeideas,enhanceawarenessofeachothers’fields,exploresynergismsandmakerecommendationsonfruitfulfuturedirectionsincropscience.Herewedescribethecontributionstotheworkshop,andexaminesomeconceptualissuesthatlieatthefoundationsandfutureofcropsystemsbiology.