Call for Participation: Collaborative Benchmarking of Functional-Structural Root Architecture Models. The Case of Root Water Uptake

• Published in: Frontiers in plant science Vol. 11; p. 316
• Main Authors: Schnepf, Andrea, Black, Christopher K., Couvreur, Valentin, Delory, Benjamin M., Doussan, Claude, Koch, Axelle, Koch, Timo, Javaux, Mathieu, Landl, Magdalena, Leitner, Daniel, Lobet, Guillaume, Mai, Trung Hieu, Meunier, Félicien, Petrich, Lukas, Postma, Johannes A., Priesack, Eckart, Schmidt, Volker, Vanderborght, Jan, Vereecken, Harry, Weber, Matthias
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: Switzerland Frontiers 31.03.2020; Frontiers Research Foundation; Frontiers Media S.A
• Subjects: benchmark; call for participation; functional-structural root architecture; functional-structural root architecture models; Life Sciences; model comparison; Plant Science; Plant Sciences; root water uptake; Vegetal Biology; functional-structural root architecture models; call for participation; model comparison; benchmark; root water uptake

Three-dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function are becoming important tools that aid the design of agricultural management schemes and the selection of beneficial root traits. However, while benchmarking is common in many disciplines that use numerical models, such as natural and...