%0 Journal Article %1 Mai2019 %A Mai, Trung Hieu %A Schnepf, Andrea %A Vereecken, Harry %A Vanderborght, Jan %D 2019 %J Plant and Soil %K dumuxarticle %N 1 %P 273-292 %R 10.1007/s11104-018-3890-4 %T Continuum multiscale model of root water and nutrient uptake from soil with explicit consideration of the 3D root architecture and the rhizosphere gradients %U https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3890-4 %V 439 %X Although modelling of water and nutrient uptake by root systems has advanced considerably in recent years, steep local gradients of nutrient concentration near the root-soil interface in the rhizosphere are still a central challenge for accurate simulation of water and nutrient uptake at the root system scale. Conventionally, mesh refinement is used to resolve these gradients. However, it results in excessive computational costs. The object of the study is to present a multiscale approach which resolves the steep gradient of nutrient concentrations at rhizosphere scale and simulates nutrient and water fluxes within the entire root zone at macroscale scale in a computationally efficient way.

@article{Mai2019, abstract = {Although modelling of water and nutrient uptake by root systems has advanced considerably in recent years, steep local gradients of nutrient concentration near the root-soil interface in the rhizosphere are still a central challenge for accurate simulation of water and nutrient uptake at the root system scale. Conventionally, mesh refinement is used to resolve these gradients. However, it results in excessive computational costs. The object of the study is to present a multiscale approach which resolves the steep gradient of nutrient concentrations at rhizosphere scale and simulates nutrient and water fluxes within the entire root zone at macroscale scale in a computationally efficient way.}, added-at = {2020-07-13T12:47:01.000+0200}, author = {Mai, Trung Hieu and Schnepf, Andrea and Vereecken, Harry and Vanderborght, Jan}, biburl = {https://puma.ub.uni-stuttgart.de/bibtex/2a883b48cecebf6d20fb6a7204cd66633/berndflemisch}, doi = {10.1007/s11104-018-3890-4}, interhash = {c5a0f5a0dadcb33a2a2a6d40767ccec3}, intrahash = {a883b48cecebf6d20fb6a7204cd66633}, issn = {1573-5036}, journal = {Plant and Soil}, keywords = {dumuxarticle}, number = 1, pages = {273-292}, timestamp = {2020-07-13T10:47:01.000+0200}, title = {Continuum multiscale model of root water and nutrient uptake from soil with explicit consideration of the 3D root architecture and the rhizosphere gradients}, url = {https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3890-4}, volume = 439, year = 2019 }