MECHARoot
Heymans Adrien, Guillaume Lobet & ValentinCouvreur (UCLouvain)
Overview
| Model category | |
|---|---|
| Plant part | Root |
| Scale | Whole_system |
| Licence | Open-source |
| Operating system | Any |
| Programming language | Python |
| Format of model inputs and outputs | Excel |
| Species studied | Any |
| Execution environment | Python |
| Modelling environment |
Scientific article
Model description
MECHA is an explicit cross-section model of the root hydraulic anatomy which connects hydraulic concepts across scales. The model computes horizontal water flow at the level of individual cells, quantifies the contribution of water composite pathways, and predicts root radial permeability (kr), using detailed anatomical descriptions and experimental data on the permeability of cell walls (kw), membranes (Lp) and the conductance of individual plasmodesmata (KPD).
Some case studies