A model of root elongation by dynamic contact interaction

Plant Root

Volumn 2, Issue , 2008, Pages 58-66

  Nakashima, Hiroshi ^a   Fujita, Yasuhito ^a   Tanaka, Hiroaki ^b   Miyasaka, Juro ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b NATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH CENTER FOR WESTERN REGION   (Japan)

Author keywords

Computational mechanics; Discrete element method; Physics model; Root elongation; Root growth; Root soil system

Indexed keywords

EID: 56749170652     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18816754     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3117/plantroot.2.58     Document Type: Article

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