Mathematical modelling of the uptake and transport of salt in plant roots

Journal of Theoretical Biology

Volumn 336, Issue , 2013, Pages 132-143

  Foster, Kylie J ^a,b   Miklavcic, Stanley J ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

^b Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics   (Australia)

Author keywords

Forced diffusion and convection; Ion permeability; Salt stress; Self consistent electric field; Transpiration stream

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; ELECTRIC FIELD; ENVIRONMENTAL STRESS; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERMEABILITY; PLANT; ROOT; SALT; TRANSPIRATION;

ARTICLE; BIOACCUMULATION; CONTROLLED STUDY; DIFFUSION; ELECTRIC POTENTIAL; EVAPOTRANSPIRATION; HYDRAULIC PERMEABILITY; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; MOLECULAR DYNAMICS; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SODIUM TRANSPORT; THERMODYNAMICS; TISSUE DISTRIBUTION; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGY; METABOLISM; TIME; TRANSPORT AT THE CELLULAR LEVEL;

SODIUM CHLORIDE; WATER;

BIOLOGICAL TRANSPORT; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ELECTROPHYSIOLOGICAL PHENOMENA; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL; PLANT ROOTS; SODIUM CHLORIDE; TIME FACTORS; WATER;

EID: 84882778048     PISSN: 00225193     EISSN: 10958541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2013.07.025     Document Type: Article

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