An efficient three-dimensional rhizosphere modeling capability to study the effect of root system architecture on soil water and reactive transport

Fang, Yilin; Yabusaki, Steven B.; Ahkami, Amir H.; Chen, Xingyuan; Scheibe, Timothy D.

doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04068-z

Title: An efficient three-dimensional rhizosphere modeling capability to study the effect of root system architecture on soil water and reactive transport

Journal Article · Fri Jun 21 00:00:00 EDT 2019 · Plant and Soil

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-04068-z· OSTI ID:1570768

^[1]; Yabusaki, Steven B. ^[1]; Ahkami, Amir H. ^[2]; Chen, Xingyuan ^[3]; Scheibe, Timothy D. ^[2]

Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Energy and Environment Division
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Environmental Molecular Sciences Lab. (EMSL)
Pacific Northwest National Lab. (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States). Earth and Biological Sciences Division

This research was to develop a rhizosphere modeling capability for plant-soil interactions by integrating water and ion uptake and release from three dimensional (3D) root systems and 3D variably saturated flow and multicomponent reactive transport in soil. We combined open source software for simulating plant and soil interactions with parallel processing computational technologies to address highly-resolved root system architecture and soil hydrobiogeochemical processes. Simulation capability was demonstrated on Brachypodium distachyon. Our demonstration problem showed that availability of water and plant nutrients is controlled by the interplay between 1) transpiration-driven cycles of water uptake, root zone saturation and desaturation; 2) sorption and desorption via competitive ion exchange; 3) buildup of ions not taken up during kinetic uptake of nutrients/ions from pore water; and 4) advection, dispersion, and diffusion of ions in the soil. The uptake of water and ions by individual roots leads to dynamic, local gradients in ion concentrations. The resulting higher solution ionic strength can lead to increasing sorption of K+ and NH4+ on the soil exchange sites, despite their preferential absorption by roots. The modeling framework makes it possible to explore alternative conceptual models and improve the understanding of the biogeochemical and physical environment within the rhizosphere.

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Research Organization:: Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), Richland, WA (United States)

Sponsoring Organization:: USDOE

Grant/Contract Number:: AC05-76RL01830

OSTI ID:: 1570768

Report Number(s):: PNNL-SA-138450

Journal Information:: Plant and Soil, Vol. 441, Issue 1-2; ISSN 0032-079X

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Country of Publication:: United States

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