Abstract
Four root water extraction terms different in concept and varying complexity, used in soil water balance models, were compared, and their sensitivity was tested. The models were run under simplified initial and boundary conditions. The simulated total water extraction, reduction of transpiration rate and development of plant water stress, and water extraction patterns differed significantly. The complexity of the most sophisticated model appeared for the major part superfluous. The simplest one cannot be applied under all conditions.
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© 1983 Martinus Nijhoff/Dr W. Junk Publishers, The Hague
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Alaerts, M., Badji, M., Feyen, J. (1983). Effect of the Simulation Procedures of Root Water Uptake on the Assesment of the Plant Water Stress. In: Marcelle, R., Clijsters, H., van Poucke, M. (eds) Effects of Stress on Photosynthesis. Advances in Agricultural Biotechnology, vol 3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-6813-4_15
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