Can diversity in root architecture explain plant water use efficiency? A modeling study

Ecological Modelling

Volumn 312, Issue , 2015, Pages 200-210

  Tron, Stefania ^a   Bodner, Gernot ^b   Laio, Francesco ^c   Ridolfi, Luca ^c   Leitner, Daniel ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^c POLITECNICO DI TORINO   (Italy)

Author keywords

Crop breeding; Root architecture model; Root growth; Soil water model; Water uptake efficiency

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; CROPS; CULTIVATION; DROUGHT; EFFICIENCY; HYDROLOGY; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOIL MOISTURE; SOILS; WATER SUPPLY;

ARCHITECTURAL DESCRIPTIONS; HYDROLOGICAL CONDITION; HYDROLOGICAL SCENARIOS; RAINFALL DISTRIBUTION; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT GROWTH; SOIL WATER; WATER UPTAKE;

RAIN;

ADAPTATION; DROUGHT RESISTANCE; DROUGHT STRESS; ECOLOGICAL MODELING; GROWING SEASON; HYDROLOGICAL MODELING; RAINFALL; ROOT ARCHITECTURE; ROOT SYSTEM; SELECTION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL SURFACE; SPECIES DIVERSITY; WATER UPTAKE; WATER USE EFFICIENCY;

EID: 84931282034     PISSN: 03043800     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecolmodel.2015.05.028     Document Type: Article

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