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A new model for root growth in soil with macropores

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Landl, Magdalena [Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere, Germany] Huber, Katrin [Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere, Germany] Schnepf, Andrea [Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere, Germany] Vanderborght, Jan [Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere, Germany] Javaux, Mathieu [UCL] Vereecken, Harry [Forschungszentrum Juelich, Agrosphere, Germany]

The use of standard dynamic root architecture models to simulate root growth in soil containing macropores failed to reproduce experimentally observed root growth patterns. We thus developed a new, more mechanistic model approach for the simulation of root growth in structured soil. Methods In our alternative modelling approach, we distinguish between, firstly, the driving force for root growth, which is determined by the orientation of the previous root segment and the influence of gravitropism and, secondly, soil mechanical resistance to root growth. The latter is expressed by its inverse, soil mechanical conductance, and treated similarly to hydraulic conductivity in Darcy’s law. At the presence of macropores, soil mechanical conductance is anisotropic, which leads to a difference between the direction of the driving force and the direction of the root tip movement. Results The model was tested using data from the literature, at pot scale, at macropore scale, and in a series of simulations where sensitivity to gravity and macropore orientation was evaluated. Conclusions Qualitative and quantitative comparisons between simulated and experimentally observed root systems showed good agreement, suggesting that the drawn analogy between soil water flow and root growth is a useful one.

Document type Article de périodique (Journal article) – Article de recherche
Access type Accès restreint
Publication date 2017
Language Anglais
Journal information "Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships" - Vol. 415, no. 1-2, p. 99-116 (2017)
Peer reviewed yes
Publisher Springer Netherlands (Dordrecht)
issn 0032-079X
e-issn 1573-5036
Publication status Publié
Affiliation UCL - SST/ELI/ELIE - Environmental Sciences
Keywords Root growth ; Root architecture model ; R-SWMS ; Macropores ; 3668
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Bibliographic reference Landl, Magdalena ; Huber, Katrin ; Schnepf, Andrea ; Vanderborght, Jan ; Javaux, Mathieu ; et. al. A new model for root growth in soil with macropores. In: Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, Vol. 415, no. 1-2, p. 99-116 (2017)
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