Evaluation of root water uptake models–a review

R Kumar, V Shankar, MK Jat - ISH Journal of Hydraulic …, 2015 - Taylor & Francis
Estimation of root water uptake and water movement in plants is crucial to quantify
transpiration and hence the water exchange between land surface and atmosphere through …

A trait‐based model ensemble approach to design rice plant types for future climate

L Paleari, T Li, Y Yang, LT Wilson… - Global Change …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Crop models are powerful tools to support breeding because of their capability to explore
genotype× environment× management interactions that can help design promising plant …

Evaluation of modeling of water ecohydrologic dynamics in soil–root system

R Kumar, MK Jat, V Shankar - Ecological Modelling, 2013 - Elsevier
Soil water movement due to root water uptake is a key process for plant growth and transport
of water in the soil plant system. The accuracy of prediction extraction rate by plants …

Model for nonlinear root water uptake parameter

V Shankar, KS Hari Prasad, CSP Ojha… - Journal of Irrigation …, 2012 - ascelibrary.org
An empirical relationship is developed for the nonlinear root water uptake parameter in the
OR moisture uptake model from easily measurable plant physiological parameters, such as …

Modifying automatic irrigation in swat for plant water stress scheduling

B Uniyal, J Dietrich - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
Automatic irrigation in the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) is triggered by using
plant water stress and soil water deficit irrigation scheduling. Auto-irrigation is important to …

Estimation of root water uptake and soil hydraulic parameters from root zone soil moisture and deep percolation

I Sonkar, HP Kotnoor, S Sen - Agricultural Water Management, 2019 - Elsevier
For efficient irrigation management practices, an accurate prediction of water uptake in the
root zone and soil information are foremost important. The present study deals with the …

Effects of soil heterogeneity on subsurface water movement in agricultural fields: A numerical study

E Yetbarek, S Kumar, R Ojha - Journal of Hydrology, 2020 - Elsevier
This study aims to numerically examine the effects of soil heterogeneity on subsurface water
movement in agricultural fields under wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and rice (Oryza sativa L.) …

Modeling root zone water and salt transport using matric flux potential based root water uptake distribution

A Kumar, I Sonkar, R Sarmah - Journal of Hydrology, 2024 - Elsevier
It is important to delineate the root water uptake (RWU) response to salt and water stress for
assessing future water availability under extreme climatic conditions. The process of RWU in …

Investigating the effect of limited climatic data on evapotranspiration-based numerical modeling of soil moisture dynamics in the unsaturated root zone: a case study …

N Kumar, V Shankar, A Poddar - Modeling Earth Systems and …, 2020 - Springer
Root water uptake (RWU)-based numerical modeling was employed for simulating the
moisture dynamics in the unsaturated root zone of potato (Solanum Tuberosum L.) crop …

Construction of root tip density function and root water uptake characteristics in alpine meadows

B Deng, B Weng, D Yan, S Xiao, H Fang, M Li… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Accurate calculation of root water uptake (RWU) is the key to improving vegetation water use
efficiency and identifying water cycle evolution patterns, and root tips play an important role …