COMPETITION FOR NUTRIENT-UPTAKE BETWEEN CROPS DURING THEIR GROWTH - AMATHEMATICAL-MODEL

Authors
CHATTOPADHYAY J SARKAR AK SARKAR D TAPASWI PK ROY AB BANIK P BAGCHI DK
Citation
J. Chattopadhyay et al., COMPETITION FOR NUTRIENT-UPTAKE BETWEEN CROPS DURING THEIR GROWTH - AMATHEMATICAL-MODEL, Cybernetica, 39(3), 1996, pp. 201-211
Citations number
9
Categorie Soggetti
Ergonomics,"Controlo Theory & Cybernetics","Computer Science Cybernetics",Ergonomics
Journal title
Cybernetica → ACNP
ISSN journal
00114227
Volume
39
Issue
3
Year of publication
1996
Pages
201 - 211
Database
ISI
SICI code
0011-4227(1996)39:3<201:CFNBCD>2.0.ZU;2-D
Abstract
A non-linear model of plant growth involving competition for nutrient uptake and its diffusion through the soil has been proposed and studie d analytically. It is observed that the vertical depth of rooting is d irectly related to plant biomass and competition coefficient of the pl ants. We have shown that the results obtained from the proposed model also explain the experimental field data of the seasonal plants to a l arge extent.