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+title = Parameter values for The Virtual Leaf / title
+label = <b>Visualization</b> / label
+arrowcolor = white / string
+arrowsize = 100 / double
+textcolor = red / string
+cellnumsize = 1 / int
+nodenumsize = 1 / int
+node_mag = 1.0 / double 
+outlinewidth = 1.0 / double
+cell_outline_color = forestgreen / string
+resize_stride = 10 / int
+label = / label
+label = <b>Cell mechanics</b> / label
+T = 1.0 / double
+lambda_length = 100. / double
+lambda_celllength = 0. / double
+target_length = 60. / double 
+cell_expansion_rate = 1. / double
+cell_div_expansion_rate = 0. / double
+auxin_dependent_growth = true / bool
+ode_accuracy = 1e-4 / double
+mc_stepsize = 0.4 / double
+mc_cell_stepsize = 0.2 / double
+energy_threshold = 1000. / double
+bend_lambda = 0. / double
+alignment_lambda = 0. / double
+rel_cell_div_threshold = 2. / double
+rel_perimeter_stiffness = 2 / double
+collapse_node_threshold = 0.05 / double
+morphogen_div_threshold = 0.2 / double
+morphogen_expansion_threshold = 0.01 / double
+copy_wall = true / bool
+label = / label
+label = <b>Auxin transport and PIN1 dynamics</b> / label
+source = 0. / double
+D = 0., 0.0, 0.0, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0. / doublelist
+initval = 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0. / doublelist
+k1 = 1. / double
+k2 = 0.3 / double
+r = 1. / double
+kr = 1. / double
+#k3 = 1 / double
+#k4 = 0.3 / double
+km = 1. / double
+Pi_tot = 1. / double
+transport = 0.036 / double
+ka = 1 / double
+# d = 1e-06 / double
+# e = 0.01 / double
+# f = 10 / double
+pin_prod = 0.001 / double
+pin_prod_in_epidermis = 0.1 / double
+pin_breakdown = 0.001 / double
+pin_breakdown_internal = 0.001 / double
+aux1prod = 0.001 / double
+aux1prodmeso = 0. / double
+aux1decay = 0.001 / double
+aux1decaymeso = 0.1 / double
+aux1transport = 0.036 / double
+aux_cons = 0. / double
+aux_breakdown = 0. / double
+kaux1 = 1 / double
+kap = 1 / double
+leaf_tip_source = 0.001 / double
+sam_efflux = 0.0001 / double
+sam_auxin = 10. / double
+# gf_prod = 1e-3 / double
+# gf_decay = 1e-3 / double
+sam_auxin_breakdown = 0 / double
+#label = / label
+#label = <b>miscellaneous</b> / label
+van3prod = 0.002 / double
+van3autokat = 0.1 / double
+van3sat = 10 / double
+k2van3 = 0.3 / double
+#glvprod = 0.0 / double
+#glvbreakdown = 0. / double
+label = / label
+label = <b>Integration parameters</b> / label
+dt = 0.1 / double 
+rd_dt = 1.0 / double
+datadir = . / directory 
+movie = false / bool
+nit = 100000 / int
+maxt = 1000. / double
+storage_stride = 10 / int
+xml_storage_stride = 500 / int
+rseed = -1 / int
+#label = / label
+#label = <b>Parameters for new chemical</b> / label
+#glvproduction = 0. / double
+#glvdecay = 0. / double
+#glvdiffthreshold = 0. / double
+label = / label
+label = <b>Meinhardt leaf venation model</b> / label
+constituous_expansion_limit = 16 / int
+vessel_inh_level = 1 / double
+vessel_expansion_rate = 0.25 / double
+d = 0. / double
+e = 0. / double
+f = 0. / double
+c = 0. / double
+mu = 0. / double
+nu = 0. / double
+rho0 = 0. / double
+rho1 = 0. / double
+c0 = 0. / double
+gamma = 0. / double
+eps = 0. / double
+label = / label
+label = <b>User-defined parameters</b> / label
+k = 0., 0.0, 0.0, 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0., 0. / doublelist
+i1 = 0 / int
+i2 = 0 / int
+i3 = 0 / int
+i4 = 0 / int
+i5 = 0 / int
+s1 =  / string
+s2 =  / string
+s3 =  / string
+b1 = false / bool
+b2 = false / bool
+b3 = false / bool
+b4 = false / bool
+dir1 = . / directory
+dir2 = . / directory