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- Title
Phosphorus uptake by root systems: mathematical modelling in ecosys
- Authors
Grant, R. F.; Robertson, J. A.
- Abstract
The uptake of P by plant root systems is believed to be controlled by the concentration of soluble orthophosphate at the root surface. Ifa P transformation model in which this concentration is calculated were coupled to a root and mycorrhizal growth model in which this concentration is used to calculate P uptake, then it should be possible to simulate P uptake under different soil and climate conditions if soil properties relevant to the control of P concentration are known. To test this idea, models for the transformation and transport of inorganic and organic P were coupled to ones for root growth and nutrientuptake as part of the ecosys modelling program. Seasonal estimates of soluble P concentration, root growth and P uptake from the combinedmodels were tested with data measured from barley under fertilized and unfertilized treatments in a long term P fertilizer experiment conducted on two different soils. In both soils the fertilizer treatmentincreased simulated and measured soluble P concentrations from 0.1--0.2 to 0.2--0.4 g m-3, annual P uptake from 0.6--0.7 to 1.2--1.4 g m-2, and annual DM accumulation from 400--500 to 700--800 g m-2. Increases in soluble P concentrations caused by fertilizer P were reproduced in the model from changes in the balance between the desorption and dissolution of solid P on one hand,and the uptake of P by root and mycorrhizal systems on the other. Increases in P uptake caused by fertilizer P were reproduced in the model from higher solution P concentrations, root uptake kinetics, and from functional equilibria for C and P exchange simulated among mycorrhizal, root and shoot components of the plant. There was a tendency in the model to overestimate P uptake later in the growing season in the unfertilized treatment which could be corrected if parameters for root uptake kinetics were reduced after anthesis. Because the model is constructed independently of data for P uptake, and avoids the use of si
- Subjects
MATHEMATICAL models; PLANTS
- Publication
Plant & Soil, 1997, Vol 188, Issue 2, p279
- ISSN
0032-079X
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1023/A:1004280303150