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@ARTICLE{Koebernick:203157,
author = {Koebernick, Nicolai and Huber, Katrin and Kerkhofs, Elien
and Vanderborght, Jan and Javaux, Mathieu and Vereecken,
Harry and Vetterlein, Doris},
title = {{U}nraveling the hydrodynamics of split root water uptake
experiments using {CT} scanned root architectures and three
dimensional flow simulations},
journal = {Frontiers in plant science},
volume = {6},
issn = {1664-462X},
address = {Lausanne},
publisher = {Frontiers Media},
reportid = {FZJ-2015-05162},
pages = {370},
year = {2015},
abstract = {Split root experiments have the potential to disentangle
water transport in roots and soil, enabling the
investigation of the water uptake pattern of a root system.
Interpretation of the experimental data assumes that water
flow between the split soil compartments does not occur.
Another approach to investigate root water uptake is by
numerical simulations combining soil and root water flow
depending on the parameterization and description of the
root system. Our aim is to demonstrate the synergisms that
emerge from combining split root experiments with
simulations. We show how growing root architectures derived
from temporally repeated X-ray CT scanning can be
implemented in numerical soil-plant models. Faba beans were
grown with and without split layers and exposed to a single
drought period during which plant and soil water status were
measured. Root architectures were reconstructed from CT
scans and used in the model R-SWMS (root-soil water movement
and solute transport) to simulate water potentials in soil
and roots in 3D as well as water uptake by growing roots in
different depths. CT scans revealed that root development
was considerably lower with split layers compared to
without. This coincided with a reduction of transpiration,
stomatal conductance and shoot growth. Simulated predawn
water potentials were lower in the presence of split layers.
Simulations showed that this was related to an increased
resistance to vertical water flow in the soil by the split
layers. Comparison between measured and simulated soil water
potentials proved that the split layers were not perfectly
isolating and that redistribution of water from the lower,
wetter compartments to the drier upper compartments took
place, thus water losses were not equal to the root water
uptake from those compartments. Still, the layers increased
the resistance to vertical flow which resulted in lower
simulated collar water potentials that led to reduced
stomatal conductance and growth.},
cin = {IBG-3},
ddc = {570},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)IBG-3-20101118},
pnm = {255 - Terrestrial Systems: From Observation to Prediction
(POF3-255)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-255},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
UT = {WOS:000357011500001},
pubmed = {pmid:26074935},
doi = {10.3389/fpls.2015.00370},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/203157},
}