Comparison of root architecture and water uptake models

This working group aims to quantitatively compare models of root architecture and function.

Lead

Andrea, Schnepf, a.schnepf@fz-juelich.de, Forschungszentrum Jülich, Agrosphere Institute

Contributors

Christopher K. Black, Valentin Couvreur, Benjamin M. Delory, Claude Doussan, Mathieu Javaux, Deepanshu Khare, Axelle Koch, Timo Koch, Christian Kuppe, Magdalena Landl, Daniel Leitner, Guillaume Lobet, Trung Hieu Mai, Félicien Meunier, Lukas Petrich, Johannes Postma, Eckart Priesack, Ernst Schäfer, Volker Schmidt, Tobias Selzner, Jan Vanderborght, Harry Vereecken, Matthias Weber

Description

We quantitatively compare models of root architecture and function. Simple benchmark scenarios test individual components of the complex models, such as root architecture, water flow in soil and roots, solute transport in soil and roots. More complex benchmark scenarios test the fully coupled systems.

Progress

The description of the benchmark problems has been published (Schnepf et al. 2020); the actual comparison between numerical results by different groups who implemented those benchmark problems in their models is ongoing. The progress can be seen at this GitHub repository: https://github.com/RSA-benchmarks/collaborative-comparison.

Publications

Schnepf A, Black CK, Couvreur V, Delory BM, Doussan C, Koch A, Koch T, Javaux M, Landl M, Leitner D, Lobet G, Mai TH, Meunier F, Petrich L, Postma JA, Priesack E, Schmidt V, Vanderborght J, Vereecken H, Weber M (2020) Call for Participation: Collaborative Benchmarking of Functional-Structural Root Architecture Models. The Case of Root Water Uptake. Frontiers in Plant Science 11. doi: 10.3389/fpls.2020.00316.

          Andrea Schnepf, Christopher K Black, Valentin Couvreur, Benjamin M Delory, Claude
          Doussan, Adrien Heymans, Mathieu Javaux, Deepanshu Khare, Axelle Koch, Timo Koch,
          Christian W Kuppe, Magdalena Landl, Daniel Leitner, Guillaume Lobet, Félicien Meunier,
          Johannes A Postma, Ernst D Schäfer, Tobias Selzner, Jan Vanderborght, Harry Vereecken,
          Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture models: Quantitative
          comparison of simulated root water uptake, in silico Plants, Volume 5, Issue 1, 2023,
          diad005, https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diad005

Considered models

dumux-rosi (DuMu^X and CPlantBox)

OpenSimRoot

R-SWMS

This initiative has been inspired by

Dunbabin et al. 2013 Modelling root–soil interactions using three–dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function | SpringerLink

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Comparison of root architecture and water uptake models