Enhancing Understanding and Quantification of Soil-Root Growth Interactions
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Dennis Timlin is a Research Soil Scientist at the USDA-ARS in Beltsville, MD.
Dr. Laj Ahuja is a retired soil scientist at USDA in Fort Collins, CO.
Content
Preface ix
Contributors xi
Chapter 1 Rhizosphere Engineering by Plants: Quantifying Soil-Root Interactions 1
Peter J. Gregory, A. Glyn Bengough, Timothy S. George, and Paul D. Hallett
Chapter 2 Effect of Soil Attributes on Root Growth and Distribution in Some Common Crops: A Synthesis of Knowledge and Future Needs 31
J. Benjamin
Chapter 3 Root Growth and Distribution in Relation to Different Water Levels 45
Xiying Zhang and Chunsheng Hu
Chapter 4 Nitrogen Management Effects on Root Systems: A Synthesis and Future Needs 67
Juan M. Herrera and Peter Stamp
Chapter 5 Characterization of the Root Length Density Distribution of Wheat Using a Generalized Function 93
Qiang Zuo, Renduo Zhang, and Jianchu Shi
Chapter 6 Differences in One-, Two-, and Three-Dimensional Modeling of Root Growth for Estimating Water and Nutrient Uptake and the Carbon Cycle 119
L. Wu and I. J. Bingham
Chapter 7 Modeling Lolium perenne L. Roots in the Presence of Empirical Black Holes 155
Richard W. Zobel
Chapter 8 Root Effects on Soil Properties and Processes: Synthesis and Future Research Needs 173
S.D. Logsdon
Chapter 9 Reinforcement of Soil by Fibrous Roots 197
Kenneth W. Loades, A. Glyn Bengough, M. Fraser Bransby, and Paul D. Hallett
Chapter 10 Simulating Root Development and Soil Resource Acquisition in Dynamic Models of Crop-Weed Competition 229
Andres G. Berger, Andrew J. McDonald, and Susan J. Riha
Chapter 11 Soil-Root Interactions in Mixed Plant Systems 245
S.G.K. Adiku, L.R. Ahuja, H. Ozier-Lafontaine, G.H. Dunn, and L. Garcia
Chapter 12 Modeling Resource Interactions Under Multiple Edaphic Stresses 273
Annette Dathe, Johannes A. Postma, and Jonathan P. Lynch
Chapter 13 Simulation of Soil-Root Growth Interactions and Associated Processes: Synthesis and Summary 295
Dennis Timlin and Laj Ahuja
Index 303
About the Series 311