Critical knowledge gaps and research priorities in global soil salinity

JW Hopmans, AS Qureshi, I Kisekka, R Munns… - Advances in …, 2021 - Elsevier
Approximately 1 billion ha of the global land surface is currently salt-affected, representing
about 7% of the earth's land surface. Whereas most of it results from natural geochemical …

Modeling soil processes: Review, key challenges, and new perspectives

H Vereecken, A Schnepf, JW Hopmans… - Vadose zone …, 2016 - pubs.geoscienceworld.org
The remarkable complexity of soil and its importance to a wide range of ecosystem services
presents major challenges to the modeling of soil processes. Although major progress in soil …

[HTML][HTML] Characterizing uncertainty in process-based hydraulic modeling, exemplified in a semiarid Inner Mongolia steppe

Y Zhao, H Wang, B Song, P Xue, W Zhang, S Peth… - Geoderma, 2023 - Elsevier
Assessing root sources of three uncertainties–parameterization of soil hydraulic
characteristics, boundary conditions, and estimation of source/sink terms–is a significant …

Root system architecture: insights from Arabidopsis and cereal crops

S Smith, I De Smet - … Transactions of the Royal Society B …, 2012 - royalsocietypublishing.org
Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water
uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as the major interface …

Root structural and functional dynamics in terrestrial biosphere models–evaluation and recommendations

JM Warren, PJ Hanson, CM Iversen, J Kumar… - New …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
There is wide breadth of root function within ecosystems that should be considered when
modeling the terrestrial biosphere. Root structure and function are closely associated with …

Modeling compensated root water and nutrient uptake

J Šimůnek, JW Hopmans - Ecological modelling, 2009 - Elsevier
Plant root water and nutrient uptake is one of the most important processes in subsurface
unsaturated flow and transport modeling, as root uptake controls actual plant …

Ecohydrology of water‐limited environments: A scientific vision

BD Newman, BP Wilcox, SR Archer… - Water resources …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Water‐limited environments occupy about half of the Earth's land surface and contain some
of the fastest growing population centers in the world. Scarcity or variable distributions of …

[KNIHA][B] The rhizosphere: biochemistry and organic substances at the soil-plant interface

R Pinton, Z Varanini, P Nannipieri - 2007 - taylorfrancis.com
In the rhizosphere, exudates from plants and microorganisms as well as stable soil organic
matter influence processes that can control plant growth, microbial infections, and nutrient …

Water deficit and nitrogen nutrition of crops. A review

V Gonzalez-Dugo, JL Durand… - Agronomy for …, 2010 - agronomy-journal.org
Among the environmental factors that can be modified by farmers, water and nitrogen are
the main ones controlling plant growth. Irrigation and fertilizer application overcome this …

Balancing water scarcity and quality for sustainable irrigated agriculture

S Assouline, D Russo, A Silber… - Water Resources …, 2015 - Wiley Online Library
The challenge of meeting the projected doubling of global demand for food by 2050 is
monumental. It is further exacerbated by the limited prospects for land expansion and rapidly …