Towards modeling the function of root traits for enhancing water acquisition by crops

Response of Crops to Limited Water: Understanding and Modeling Water Stress Effects on Plant Growth Processes

Volumn , Issue , 2015, Pages 251-275

  Postma, Jouke A ^a   Jaramillo, Raul E ^a   Lynch, Jonathan P ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cost benefit analysis; Crop simulation models; Drought tolerance; Gene based approaches; Rhizoeconomic modeling; Root cortical aerenchyma; Root trait function modeling; Water acquisition; Water uptake modeling

Indexed keywords

EID: 85103033486     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2134/advagricsystmodel1.c9     Document Type: Chapter

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