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Modelling Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil–Plant System

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Part of the book series: Soil Biology ((SOILBIOL,volume 26))

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The large number of models for P dynamics in soil–plant systems focus on different scales and have different purposes. This chapter provides an overview of existing models and illustrates the scope and potential of current modelling techniques by using three case studies. We focus on plant traits that enhance plant phosphate uptake from soil. The first case study presents a model for phosphate uptake by mycorrhizal roots, the second study is based on a root system scale model that includes root plasticity, and the third presents a model for crop response to soil phosphate supply.

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  1. Department of Forest and Soil Sciences, Institute of Soil Science, BOKU – University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences Vienna, Peter Jordan Strasse 82, 1190, Vienna, Austria

    Andrea Schnepf, Daniel Leitner & Sabine Klepsch

  2. Health & Environment Department, Environmental Resources & Technologies, AIT Austrian Institute of Technology, 2444, Seibersdorf, Austria

    Sabine Klepsch

  3. Department for the Environment and Agronomy, Joint Research Unit for Soil–Plant Transfer and the Cycle of Nutrients and Trace Elements (TCEM), National Institute for Agricultural Research (INRA), 71, Avenue Edouard Bourlaux, BP 81, 33883, Villenave d’Ornon Cedex, France

    Sylvain Pellerin & Alain Mollier

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Schnepf, A., Leitner, D., Klepsch, S., Pellerin, S., Mollier, A. (2011). Modelling Phosphorus Dynamics in the Soil–Plant System. In: Bünemann, E., Oberson, A., Frossard, E. (eds) Phosphorus in Action. Soil Biology, vol 26. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15271-9_5

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