MODELING AND ANALYSIS OF SALT TRANSPORT IN THE SINGLE CYLINDRICAL ROOT WITH FINITE LENGTH.pdfVIP

Internationa1JournalofBiomathematics W or1dScientific Vo1．6，No．6(2013)1350040(9pages) ． ．． ．．． ．． ．． ．．． ．． ．． ．． ．．． ． ．． ．． ．． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ． ．． ． ． — — WWW．worldscientificcom ⑥ WorldScientificPublishingCompany DOI：10．1142／$179352451350040X M oDELING AND ANALYSIS OF SA I TRANSPo r IN THE SINGLE CYLINDRICAL RooT W ITH FINITE LENGTH ARUN KUMAR ”．BEENA SHARMA十andASHU RANI* tDepartmentofMathematics，GovernmentCollege Kota(R哟．)，India SDepartmentofPu他 andAppliedChemistry．Universityo／Kota Kota R《aj．)，India ~arunkr71@gmail ． com Received 31August2012 Accepted 16September2013 Published 23 October2013 A mathematicalmodelforsalttransportby a cylindricalrootin an infiniteextentof soilisderived and solved analytically byasymptotic matching oftheinnerand outer solutions．Byasymptoticanalysisitisshown thatthesaltsolutionuptakebya single cylindricalrootintheabsenceofcompetitiondoesnotinfluencetheoverallsaltconcen— tration inthesoilevenwhen thesoilmoistureconcentration iSlessthanfullsaturation． Keywords：Uptakeparameter；as ymptotic matching；van Genuchten formula；relative soluteconcentration． MathematicsSubjectClassification2010：97M10，97M60 1．Introduction Saltwith wateriStakenupbytheplantrootsand transportedtothestemsand leavesalongthexylem tubesoftherootI61．Xylem tubesarelocatedinthecen— tralpartofrootinsidetheCaspian strip．Itconsistsofseveraldifierenttypesof cells，themostimpo