Modelling the impact of heterogeneous rootzone water distribution on the regulation of transpiration by hormone transport and/or hydraulic pressures

Plant and Soil

Volumn 384, Issue 1-2, 2014, Pages 93-112

  Huber, Katrin ^a   Vanderborght, Jan ^a   Javaux, Mathieu ^a,b   Schröder, Natalie ^a,c   Dodd, Ian C ^d   Vereecken, Harry ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITÉ CATHOLIQUE DE LOUVAIN   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STUTTGART   (Germany)

^d LANCASTER UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Hormonal signalling; Partial rootzone drying; R SWMS; Soil root modelling; Stomatal conductance

Indexed keywords

HETEROGENEITY; HORMONE; HYDRAULIC CONDUCTIVITY; NUMERICAL MODEL; RHIZOSPHERE; STOMATAL CONDUCTANCE; TRANSPIRATION;

EID: 84911991722     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: 15735036     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11104-014-2188-4     Document Type: Article

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