QLS seminar (Martinez-Garcia) via Zoom on 23 March at 15.00 CET

[QLS]

Dear All,

on Tuesday, 23March 2021 at 15:00 CET, Ricardo Martinez-Garcia, 
ICTP-SAIFR, will give a seminar titled:


"Mathematical modeling of belowground plant interactions."


Abstract: Plant roots determine carbon uptake, survivorship, and 
agricultural yield and represent a large proportion of the world’s 
vegetation carbon pool. The study of belowground competition, unlike 
aboveground shoot competition, is hampered by our inability to observe 
roots. We havefew observations of intact root systems in soil and lack a 
comprehensive theory for root system responses to their environment.

In this presentation, I will first review previous efforts to explain 
plant belowground competition and discuss how they lead to seemingly 
contradictory predictions. Then, I will introduce our recent work and 
show how it resolves existing controversy and provides a unifying 
framework to study belowground plant interactions. I will conclude by 
discussing future research lines that depart from our results and how 
they can be addressed with extensions of our original model


http://indico.ictp.it/event/9614/ <http://indico.ictp.it/event/9614/>


Zoom Meeting ID to attend the online seminar: 475-819-702

Join Zoom Meeting:https://zoom.us/j/475819702 <https://zoom.us/j/475819702>


If you haven't registered for previous QLS webinars, please contact 
qls at ictp.it <mailto:qls at ictp.it>to obtain the PASSWORD for this zoom 
meeting.

Kind regards,
Barbara Valassi for QLS Section