Plant nitrogen fixation model

biological nitrogen fixation by legume crops

deterministic model, dimensional model, discrete-time model, dynamic model, mathematical model, nonlinear model

Description

Deterministic model estimating daily biological nitrogen fixation as a function of plant nitrogen demand, phenological development, soil water availability, and soil nitrate concentration. Nitrogen fixation is constrained by growth stage, soil moisture in the upper soil profile, and nitrate availability in the root zone. The model operates at daily time steps and integrates physiological and soil constraints relevant to legume crops.

Contained entities

fixation soil nitrate equation	$F X N_{i} = {\begin{matrix} 0.0 & if & \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} > 300 \frac{k g}{h a m} \\ 1.5 - 0.005 \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} & if & 100 \frac{k g}{h a m} < \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} \leq 300 \frac{k g}{h a m} \\ 1.0 & if & \frac{W N O 3_{i}}{R D_{i}} \leq 100 \frac{k g}{h a m} \end{matrix}$
	$F X N$ represents nitrogen fixation soil nitrate factor
	$R D$ represents rooting depth
	$W N O 3$ represents soil nitrate content in root zone
	$i$ represents day index

plant nitrogen uptake and demand model
fixation growth stage equation	$F X G_{i} = {\begin{matrix} 0.0 & if & H U I_{i} \leq 0.15, H U I_{i} \geq 0.75 \\ 6.67 H U I_{i} - 1.0 & if & 0.15 < H U I_{i} \leq 0.3 \\ 1.0 & if & 0.3 < H U I_{i} \leq 0.55 \\ 3.75 - 5.0 H U I_{i} & if & 0.55 < H U I_{i} < 0.75 \end{matrix}$
	$F X G$ represents nitrogen fixation growth stage factor
	$H U I$ represents heat unit index
	$i$ represents day index

heat-unit-based phenological development model
nitrogen fixation fraction equation	$F X R_{i} = min (1.0, F X W_{i}, F X N_{i}) F X G_{i}$
	$F X R$ represents nitrogen fixation fraction
	$F X W$ represents nitrogen fixation soil water factor
	$F X N$ represents nitrogen fixation soil nitrate factor
	$F X G$ represents nitrogen fixation growth stage factor
	$i$ represents day index

fixation soil water equation	$F X W_{i} = {\begin{matrix} \frac{S W 3_{i} - W P 3}{0.85 (F C 3 - W P 3)} & if & S W 3_{i} < 0.85 (F C 3 - W P 3) + W P 3 \\ 1.0 & if & S W 3_{i} \geq 0.85 (F C 3 - W P 3) + W P 3 \end{matrix}$
	$F X W$ represents nitrogen fixation soil water factor
	$S W 3$ represents soil water content of upper soil layer
	$W P 3$ represents soil water content of upper soil layer at wilting point
	$F C 3$ represents field capacity water content of upper soil layer

daily nitrogen fixation equation	$W F X_{i} = F X R_{i} U N D_{i}$
	$W F X$ represents daily nitrogen fixation
	$F X R$ represents nitrogen fixation fraction
	$i$ represents day index
	$U N D$ represents plant nitrogen demand rate

Computational tasks

computation of daily nitrogen fixation, computation of nitrogen fixation fraction, computation of fixation growth stage factor, computation of fixation soil water factor, computation of fixation soil nitrate factor

References

The EPIC Crop Growth Model	(use)

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