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Mathieu Javaux

Professeur ordinaire

SST/AGRO Faculty of bioscience engineering (AGRO)

SST/ELI Earth and Life Institute (ELI)

SST/ELI/ELIE Environmental Sciences (ELIE)

2026
Journal article

Le Gall, S., van Dusschoten, D., Lattacher, A., Giraud, M., Harings, M., Diaz, P. D., Pflugfelder, D., Alahmad, S., Hickey, L., Sircan, A., Kandeler, E., Lobet, G., Schnepf, A., Pagel, H., Poll, C., Vereecken, H., Javaux, M., & Rothfuss, Y. (2026). Combining spring wheat genotypes with contrasting root traits for a better use of water resources in soil? Evidence from column-scale water stable isotopic experiments. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-026-08386-x (Original work published 2026)


Lu, X., Groh, J., Graf, A., Pütz, T., Gerke, H. H., Gründling, R., Rupp, H., Kiese, R., Vogel, H. J., Javaux, M., Vereecken, H., & Franssen, H.-J. H. (2026). Robustness of critical soil moisture to curve-fitting methods and its variability with soil depth, soil texture, and climatic conditions: insights from lysimeter data in Germany. Journal of Hydrology, 134959. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2026.134959 (Original work published 2026)


Carminati, A., Javaux, M., Wankmüller, F. J. P., & Brodribb, T. J. (2026). Soils drive convergence in the regulation of vascular tension in land plants. Science, 391(6784), 476-479. https://doi.org/10.1126/science.adx8114 (Original work published 2026)


2025
Journal article

Ehosioke, S., Garré, S., Huisman, J. A., Zimmermann, E., Javaux, M., & Nguyen, F. (2025). Technical note: Investigating saline water uptake by roots using spectral induced polarization. Biogeosciences, 22(12), 2853-2869. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-2853-2025 (Original work published 2025)


Koch, A., Cai, G., Ahmed, M. A., Meunier, F., Carminati, A., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2025). On the importance of rhizosphere conductance and soil–root contact in drying soils. Annals of Botany. Published. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcaf082 (Original work published 2025)


Delval, L., Bates, J., Jonard, F., & Javaux, M. (2025). Field heterogeneity of soil texture controls leaf water potential spatial distribution predicted from UAS-based vegetation indices in non-irrigated vineyards. Biogeosciences, 22(2), 513-534. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-513-2025 (Original work published 2025)


2024
Journal article

Wankmüller, F. J. P., Delval, L., Lehmann, P., Baur, M. J., Cecere, A., Wolf, S., Or, D., Javaux, M., & Carminati, A. (2024). Global influence of soil texture on ecosystem water limitation. Nature. Published. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41586-024-08089-2 (Original work published 2024)


Carminati, A., & Javaux, M. (2024). When is a soil too dry for plants to take up water? Nature. Published. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-024-03764-w (Original work published 2024)


Vanderborght, J., Couvreur, V., Javaux, M., Leitner, D., Schnepf, A., & Vereecken, H. (2024). Mechanistically derived macroscopic root water uptake functions: The α and ω of root water uptake functions. Vadose Zone Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20333 (Original work published 2024)


Delval, L., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2024). Combination of plant and soil water potential monitoring and modelling demonstrates soil-root hydraulic disconnection during drought. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-024-07062-2 (Original work published 2024)


Delval, L., Jonard, F., & Javaux, M. (2024). Simultaneous in situ monitoring of belowground, trunk and relative canopy hydraulic conductance of grapevine demonstrates a soil texture-specific transpiration control. OENO One, 58(4). https://doi.org/10.20870/oeno-one.2024.58.4.8257 (Original work published 2024)


2023
Journal article

Giraud, M., Gall, S. L., Harings, M., Javaux, M., Leitner, D., Meunier, F., Rothfuss, Y., van Dusschoten, D., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., Lobet, G., Schnepf, A., & Amy, M.-C. (2023). CPlantBox: a fully coupled modelling platform for the water and carbon fluxes in the soil–plant–atmosphere continuum. in silico Plants, 5(2), 36. https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diad009 (Original work published 2023)


Guillaume, B., Aroui Boukbida, H., Bakker, G., Bieganowski, A., Brostaux, Y., Cornelis, W., Durner, W., Hartmann, C., Iversen, B. V., Javaux, M., Ingwersen, J., Lamorski, K., Lamparter, A., Makó, A., Mingot Soriano, A. M., Messing, I., Nemes, A., Pomes-Bordedebat, A., van der Ploeg, M., et al. (2023). Reproducibility of the wet part of the soil water retention curve: a European interlaboratory comparison. SOIL, 9(1), 365-379. https://doi.org/10.5194/soil-9-365-2023 (Original work published 2023)


Cai, G., Carminati, A., Gleason, S. M., Javaux, M., & Ahmed, M. A. (2023). Soil‐plant hydraulics explain stomatal efficiency‐safety tradeoff. Plant, Cell and Environment. Published. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.14536 (Original work published 2023)


Duddek, P., Ahmed, M. A., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Lovric, G., King, A., & Carminati, A. (2023). The effect of root hairs on root water uptake is determined by root–soil contact and root hair shrinkage. New Phytologist, 240, 2484-2497. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.19144 (Original work published 2023)


Ehosioke, S., Garré, S., Huisman, J. A., Zimmermann, E., Placencia‐Gomez, E., Javaux, M., & Nguyen, F. (2023). Spectroscopic approach towards unraveling the electrical signature of roots. Journal of Geophysical Research: Biogeosciences. Published. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jg007281 (Original work published 2023)


Vanderborght, J., Leitner, D., Schnepf, A., Couvreur, V., Vereecken, H., & Javaux, M. (2023). Combining root and soil hydraulics in macroscopic representations of root water uptake. Vadose Zone Journal. Published. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20273 (Original work published 2023)


Schnepf, A., Black, C. K., Couvreur, V., Delory, B. M., Doussan, C., Heymans, A., Javaux, M., Khare, D., Koch, A., Koch, T., Kuppe, C. W., Landl, M., Leitner, D., Lobet, G., Meunier, F., Postma, J. A., Schäfer, E. D., Selzner, T., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2023). Collaborative benchmarking of functional-structural root architecture models: Quantitative comparison of simulated root water uptake. in Silico Plants. Published. https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diad005 (Original work published 2023)


Alonso, A., Froidevaux, M., Javaux, M., Laloy, E., Mattern, S., Roisin, C., Vanclooster, M., & Bielders, C. (2023). Fine-resolution profile-scale data to depict the impact of tillage treatment and machine traffic on agricultural soil structure and hydrologic properties. Data in Brief, 51, 109759. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2023.109759 (Original work published 2023)


Deseano Diaz, P., Nong, T., Brüggemann, N., Dubbert, M., Javaux, M., Orlowski, N., Vereecken, H., & Rothfuss, Y. (2023). Insights into tension‐mediated and antecedent water effects on soil water isotopic composition. Vadose Zone Journal, 22:e20288. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20288 (Original work published 2023)


Book chapter

Carminati, A., Marin, M., Couvreur, V., Zarebanadkouki, M., Declerck, S., & Javaux, M. (2023). Root water uptake and myco-rhizosphere hydraulic properties. In J. Goss (M), Oliver (M) (dir.) (ed.), Encyclopedia of Soils in the Environment. Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/b978-0-12-822974-3.00222-6


2022
Book chapter

Meunier, F., Couvreur, V., Draye, X., Lobet, G., Huber, K., Schroeder, N., Jorda, H., Koch, A., Landl, M., Schnepf, A., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., & Javaux, M. (2022). Investigating Soil–Root Interactions with the Numerical Model R-SWMS. In Lucas, M. (ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology : Plant Systems Biology (p. p. 259-283). Humana. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1816-5_13


Meunier, F., Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2022). How to Define the Appropriate Spatial Resolution of Root Segments When Solving in Root System Hydraulic. In Lucas, M. (ed.), Methods in Molecular Biology : Plant Systems Biology (p. p. 285-291). Humana. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-0716-1816-5_14


Journal article

Schnepf, A., Carminati, A., Ahmed, M. A., Ani, M., Benard, P., Bentz, J., Bonkowski, M., Knott, M., Diehl, D., Duddek, P., Kröner, E., Javaux, M., Landl, M., Lehndorff, E., Lippold, E., Lieu, A., Mueller, C. W., Oburger, E., Otten, W., et al. (2022). Linking rhizosphere processes across scales: Opinion. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, online. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05306-7 (Original work published 2022)


Alonso, A., Froidevaux, M., Javaux, M., Laloy, E., Mattern, S., Roisin, C., Vanclooster, M., & Bielders, C. (2022). A hybrid method for characterizing tillage-induced soil physical quality at the profile scale with fine spatial details. Soil & Tillage Research, 216, 105236. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2021.105236 (Original work published 2022)


Abdalla, M., Ahmed, M. A., Cai, G., Wankmüller, F., Schwartz, N., Litig, O., Javaux, M., & Carminati, A. (2022). Stomatal closure during water deficit is controlled by below-ground hydraulics. Annals of Botany, 129 (2), 161-171. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcab141 (Original work published 2022)


Deseano Diaz, P. A., van Dusschoten, D., Kübert, A., Brüggemann, N., Javaux, M., Merz, S., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., Dubbert, M., & Rothfuss, Y. (2022). Response of a grassland species to dry environmental conditions from water stable isotopic monitoring: no evident shift in root water uptake to wetter soil layers. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05703-y (Original work published 2022)


Jorda, H., Ahmed, M. A., Javaux, M., Carminati, A., Duddek, P., Vetterlein, D., & Vanderborght, J. (2022). Field scale plant water relation of maize (Zea mays) under drought – impact of root hairs and soil texture. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05685-x (Original work published 2022)


Vereecken, H., Amelung, W., Bauke, S. L., Bogena, H., Brüggemann, N., Montzka, C., Vanderborght, J., Bechtold, M., Blöschl, G., Carminati, A., Javaux, M., Konings, A. G., Kusche, J., Neuweiler, I., Or, D., Steele-Dunne, S., Verhoef, A., Young, M., & Zhang, Y. (2022). Soil hydrology in the Earth system. Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. Published. https://doi.org/10.1038/s43017-022-00324-6 (Original work published 2022)


Schnepf, A., Leitner, D., Bodner, G., & Javaux, M. (2022). Editorial: Benchmarking 3D-Models of Root Growth, Architecture and Functioning. Frontiers in Plant Science, 13. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2022.902587 (Original work published 2022)


Delval, L., Jonard, F., & Javaux, M. (2022). Consequences of the 2021 season on yields from vineyards in Wallonia. IVES Technical Reviews. Published. https://doi.org/10.20870/IVES-TR.2022.5539 (Original work published 2022)


Cai, G., König, M., Carminati, A., Abdalla, M., Javaux, M., Wankmüller, F., & Ahmed, M. A. (2022). Transpiration response to soil drying and vapor pressure deficit is soil texture specific. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05818-2 (Original work published 2022)


Doris Vetterlein, Maxime Phalempin, Eva Lippold, Steffen Schlüter, Susanne Schreiter, Mutez A. Ahmed, Andrea Carminati, Patrick Duddek, Helena Jorda, Gerd Patrick Bienert, Manuela Desiree Bienert, Mika Tarkka, Minh Ganther, Eva Oburger, Michael Santangeli, Javaux, M., & Jan Vanderborght. (2022). Root hairs matter at field scale for maize shoot growth and nutrient uptake, but root trait plasticity is primarily triggered by texture and drought. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-022-05434-0 (Original work published 2022)


2021
Journal article

Barczi, J.-F., Beroueg, A., Buck-Sorlin, G., Couvreur, V., Danjon, F., Delory, B. M., Doussan, C., De Swaef, T., Draye, X., Drouet, J.-L., Dupuy, L., Garre, S., Gérard, F., Heymans, A., Hinsinger, P., Javaux, M., Koch, A., Landl, M., Lecompte, F., et al. (2021). Loïc Pagès, founding scientist in root ecology and modelling. in silico Plants, 3(2). https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diab035 (Original work published 2021)


Flores, O., Deckmyn, G., Curiel Yuste, J., Javaux, M., Uvarov, A., van der Linde, S., De Vos, B., Vereecken, H., Jiménez, J., Vinduskova, O., & Schnepf, A. (2021). KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models—II: model description, implementation and testing. PeerJ, 9, e10707. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.10707 (Original work published 2021)


Javaux, M., & Carminati, A. (2021). Soil hydraulics affect the degree of isohydricity. Plant Physiology, 1-4. https://doi.org/10.1093/plphys/kiab154 (Original work published 2021)


Hopmans, J. W., Qureshi, A. S., Kisekka, I., Munns, R., Grattan S.R., Rengasamy, P., Ben-Gal, A., Assouline, S., Javaux, M., Minhas, P. S., Raats, P. A. C., Skaggs, T. H., Wang, G., De Jong van Lier, Q., Jiao, H., Lavado, R. S., Lazarovitch, N., Li, B., & Taleisnik, E. (2021). Critical knowledge gaps and research priorities in global soil salinity. Advances in Agronomy, 169, 1-191. https://doi.org/10.1016/bs.agron.2021.03.001 (Original work published 2021)


Jorda, H., Huber, K., Kunkel, A., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., Oberdörster, C., Hammel, K., & Schnepf, A. (2021). Mechanistic modeling of pesticide uptake with a 3D plant architecture model. Environmental Science and Pollution Research. Published. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-021-14878-3 (Original work published 2021)


Vanderborght, J., Couvreur, V., Meunier, F., Schnepf, A., Vereecken, H., Bouda, M., & Javaux, M. (2021). From hydraulic root architecture models to macroscopic representations of root hydraulics in soil water flow and land surface models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 25(9), 4835-4860. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-25-4835-2021 (Original work published 2021)


2020
Journal article

Carminati, A., & Javaux, M. (2020). Soil Rather Than Xylem Vulnerability Controls Stomatal Response to Drought. Trends in Plant Science, 25(9), 868-880. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tplants.2020.04.003 (Original work published 2020)


Couvreur, V., Rothfuss, Y., Meunier, F., Bariac, T., Biron, P., Durand, J.-L., Richard, P., & Javaux, M. (2020). Disentangling temporal and population variability in plant root water uptake from stable isotopic analysis: when rooting depth matters in labeling studies. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 24(6), 3057-3075. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-24-3057-2020 (Original work published 2020)


Rao, S., Lesparre, N., Flores-Orozco, A., Wagner, F., Kemna, A., & Javaux, M. (2020). Correction to: Imaging plant responses to water deficit using electrical resistivity tomography. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 459(1-2), 453-454. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04748-1 (Original work published 2020)


Carminati, A., Ahmed, M. A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Cai, G., Lovric, G., & Javaux, M. (2020). Stomatal closure prevents the drop in soil water potential around roots. New Phytologist, 226(6), 1541-1543. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16451 (Original work published 2020)


Deckmyn, G., Flores, O., Mayer, M., Domene, X., Schnepf, A., Kuka, K., Van Looy, K., Rasse, D. P., Briones, M. J. I., Barot, S., Berg, M., Vanguelova, E., Ostonen, I., Vereecken, H., Suz, L. M., Frey, B., Frossard, A., Tiunov, A., Frouz, J., et al. (2020). KEYLINK: towards a more integrative soil representation for inclusion in ecosystem scale models. I. review and model concept. PeerJ, 8, e9750. https://doi.org/10.7717/peerj.9750 (Original work published 2020)


Hayat, F., Ahmed, M. A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Javaux, M., Cai, G., & Carminati, A. (2020). Transpiration Reduction in Maize (Zea mays L) in Response to Soil Drying. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1695. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2019.01695 (Original work published 2020)


Ehosioke, S., Nguyen, F., Rao, S., Kremer, T., Placencia‐Gomez, E., Huisman, J. A., Kemna, A., Javaux, M., & Garré, S. (2020). Sensing the electrical properties of roots: A review. Vadose Zone Journal, 19(1 (2020)), 1-29. https://doi.org/10.1002/vzj2.20082 (Original work published 2020)


Schnepf, A., Black, C. K., Couvreur, V., Delory, B. M., Doussan, C., Koch, A., Koch, T., Javaux, M., Landl, M., Leitner, D., Lobet, G., Mai, T. H., Meunier, F., Petrich, L., Postma, J. A., Priesack, E., Schmidt, V., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., & Weber, M. (2020). Call for Participation: Collaborative Benchmarking of Functional-Structural Root Architecture Models. The Case of Root Water Uptake. Frontiers in Plant Science, 11, Article 316. https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.00316 (Original work published 2020)


Kühnhammer, K., Kübert, A., Brüggemann, N., Deseano Diaz, P., van Dusschoten, D., Javaux, M., Merz, S., Vereecken, H., Dubbert, M., & Rothfuss, Y. (2020). Investigating the root plasticity response of Centaurea jacea to soil water availability changes from isotopic analysis. New Phytologist, 226, 98-110. https://doi.org/10.1111/nph.16352 (Original work published 2019)


Rao, S. N., Lesparre, N., Orozco, A. F., Wagner, F., Kemna, A., & Javaux, M. (2020). Imaging plant responses to water deficit using electrical resistivity tomography. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 454, 261-281. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04653-7 (Original work published 2020)


Abdalla, M., Carminati, A., Cai, G., Javaux, M., & Ahmed, M. A. (2020). Stomatal closure of tomato under drought is driven by an increase in soil–root hydraulic resistance. Plant, Cell & Environment, 44, 425-431. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13939 (Original work published 2021)


Vetterlein, D., Lippold, E., Schreiter, S., Phalempin, M., Fahrenkampf, T., Hochholdinger, F., Marcon, C., Tarkka, M., Oburger, E., Ahmed, M., Javaux, M., & Schlüter, S. (2020). Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere-laboratory and field scale. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 184, 35-50. https://doi.org/10.1002/jpln.202000079 (Original work published 2020)


2019
Journal article

Rao, S., Meunier, F., Ehosioke, S., Lesparre, N., Kemna, A., Nguyen, F., Garré, S., & Javaux, M. (2019). Impact of Maize Roots on Soil–Root Electrical Conductivity: A Simulation Study. Vadose Zone Journal, 18(1 (2019)), 190037. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2019.04.0037 (Original work published 2019)


Koch, A., Meunier, F., Vanderborght, J., Garré, S., Pohlmeier, A., & Javaux, M. (2019). Functional–structural root-system model validation using soil MRI experiment. Journal of Experimental Botany, 70(10), 2797-2809. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erz060 (Original work published 2019)


Morandage, S., Schnepf, A., Leitner, D., Javaux, M., Vereecken, H., & Vanderborght, J. (2019). Parameter sensitivity analysis of a root system architecture model based on virtual field sampling. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 438, 101-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-019-03993-3 (Original work published 2019)


Meunier, F., Heymans, A., Draye, X., Couvreur, V., Javaux, M., & Lobet, G. (2019). MARSHAL, a novel tool for virtual phenotyping of maize root system hydraulic architectures. in silico Plants, 1(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/insilicoplants/diz012 (Original work published 2019)


2018
Book chapter

Koch, A., Meunier, F., Vereecken, H., & Javaux, M. (2018). Root Processes Affecting the Soil Moisture Patterns in Ecohydrology. In X. Li, H. Vereecken, Eds (ed.), Observation and Measurement : Ecohydrology (p. p. 1-17). Springer-Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-47871-4_13-1


Journal article

Meunier, F., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M. A., Carminati, A., Couvreur, V., & Javaux, M. (2018). Hydraulic conductivity of soil-grown lupine and maize unbranched roots and maize root-shoot junctions. Journal of Plant Physiology, 227, 31-44. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jplph.2017.12.019 (Original work published 2018)


Passot, S., Couvreur, V., Meunier, F., Draye, X., Javaux, M., Leitner, D., Pagès, L., Schnepf, A., Vanderborght, J., & Lobet, G. (2018). Connecting the dots between computational tools to analyse soil-root water relations. Journal of Experimental Botany, 1(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ery361 (Original work published 2018)


Heckmann, T., Cavalli, M., Cerdan, O., Foerster, S., Javaux, M., Lode, E., Smetanová, A., Vericat, D., & Brardinoni, F. (2018). Indices of sediment connectivity: opportunities, challenges and limitations. Earth - Science Reviews, 187, 77-108. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.earscirev.2018.08.004 (Original work published 2018)


Coussement, T., Maloteau, S., Pardon, P., Artru, S., Ridley, S., Javaux, M., & Garré, S. (2018). A tree-bordered field as a surrogate for agroforestry in temperate regions: Where does the water go? Agricultural Water Management, 210, 198-207. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2018.06.033 (Original work published 2018)


Couvreur, V., Faget, M., Lobet, G., Javaux, M., Chaumont, F., & Draye, X. (2018). Going with the Flow: Multiscale Insights into the Composite Nature of Water Transport in Roots. Plant Physiology, 178(4), 1689-1703. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.18.01006 (Original work published 2018)


Ahmed, M. A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Meunier, F., Javaux, M., Kaestner, A., & Carminati, A. (2018). Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(5), 1199-1206. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erx439 (Original work published 2018)


Passot, S., Couvreur, V., Meunier, F., Draye, X., Javaux, M., Leitner, D., Pagès, L., Schnepf, A., Vanderborgth, J., & Lobet, G. (2018). Connecting the dots between computational tools to analyse soil-root water relations. biorXiv, 1(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1101/312918 (Original work published 2018)


2017
Journal article

Rothfuss, Y., & Javaux, M. (2017). Reviews and syntheses: Isotopic approaches to quantify root water uptake: a review and comparison of methods. Biogeosciences, 14(8), 2199-2224. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-14-2199-2017 (Original work published 2017)


Claverie, E., Meunier, F., Javaux, M., & Sadok, W. (2017). Increased contribution of wheat nocturnal transpiration to daily water use under drought. Physiologia Plantarum : an international journal for plant biology, 162, 290-300. https://doi.org/10.1111/ppl.12623 (Original work published 2017)


Meunier, F., Draye, X., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., & Couvreur, V. (2017). A hybrid analytical-numerical method for solving water flow equations in root hydraulic architectures. Applied Mathematical Modelling, 52, 648-663. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.apm.2017.08.011 (Original work published 2017)


Meunier, F., Couvreur, V., Draye, X., Zarebanadkouki, M., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2017). Water movement through plant roots – exact solutions of the water flow equation in roots with linear or exponential piecewise hydraulic properties. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 21, 6519-6540. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-21-6519-2017 (Original work published 2017)


Landl, M., Huber, K., Schnepf, A., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., Glyn Bengough, A., & Vereecken, H. (2017). A new model for root growth in soil with macropores. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 415(1-2), 99-116. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-016-3144-2 (Original work published 2017)


Tardieu, F., Draye, X., & Javaux, M. (2017). Root Water Uptake and Ideotypes of the Root System: Whole-Plant Controls Matter. Vadose Zone Journal, 16(9 (2017)). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2017.05.0107 (Original work published 2017)


Meunier, F., Rothfuss, Y., Bariac, T., Biron, P., Richard, P., Durand, J.-L., Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2017). Measuring and Modeling Hydraulic Lift of Lolium multiflorum Using Stable Water Isotopes. Vadose Zone Journal, 17:1, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2016.12.0134 (Original work published 2017)


Couvreur, V., Faget, M., Lobet, G., Chaumont, F., Javaux, M., & Draye, X. (2017). Novel multiscale insights into the composite nature of water transport in roots. biorxiv, 1(1), 1. https://doi.org/10.1101/147314 (Original work published 2017)


Weihermüller, L., Herbst, M., Javaux, M., & Weynants, M. (2017). Erratum to “Revisiting Vereecken Pedotransfer Functions: Introducing a Closed-Form Hydraulic Model”. Vadose Zone Journal, 16(1), 1-2. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0062er (Original work published 2017)


Meunier, F., Couvreur, V., Draye, X., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2017). Towards quantitative root hydraulic phenotyping: novel mathematical functions to calculate plant-scale hydraulic parameters from root system functional and structural traits. Journal of Mathematical Biology, 75, 1133-1170. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00285-017-1111-z (Original work published 2017)


Book chapter

Vereecken, H., Van Looy, K., Weynants, M., & Javaux, M. (2017). Soil retention and conductivity curve data base sDB, link to MATLAB files. In PANGAEA. https://doi.org/10.1594/PANGAEA.879233


2016
Journal article

Penuela Fernandez, A., Darboux, F., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2016). Evolution of Overland flow connectivity in bare agricultural plots. Earth Surface Processes and Landforms, 41, 1595-1613. https://doi.org/10.1002/esp.3938 (Original work published 2016)


Javaux, M., Rothfuss, Y., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., & Brüggemann, N. (2016). Isotopic composition of plant water sources. Nature : international weekly journal of science, 536(7617), E1-E3. https://doi.org/10.1038/nature18946 (Original work published 2016)


Vereecken, H., Schnepf, A., Hopmans, J. W., Javaux, M., Or, D., Roose, T., Vanderborght, J., Young, M., Amelung, W., Aitkenhead, M., Allison, S. D., Assouline, S., Baveye, P., Berli, M., Brüggemann, N., Finke, P., Flury, M., Gaiser, T., Govers, G., et al. (2016). Modeling Soil Processes: Review, Key Challenges, and New Perspectives. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(5). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2015.09.0131 (Original work published 2016)


Rothfuss, Y., & Javaux, M. (2016). Isotopic approaches to quantifying root water uptake and redistribution: a review and comparison of methods. Biogeosciences Discussions, 1-47. https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-2016-410 (Original work published 2016)


Zarebanadkouki, M., Meunier, F., Couvreur, V., Cesar, J., Javaux, M., & Carminati, A. (2016). Estimation of the hydraulic conductivities of lupine roots by inverse modelling of high-resolution measurements of root water uptake. Annals of Botany, 118(4), 853-864. https://doi.org/10.1093/aob/mcw154 (Original work published 2016)


Schwartz, N., Carminati, A., & Javaux, M. (2016). The impact of mucilage on root water uptake - A numerical study. Water Resources Research, 52. https://doi.org/10.1002/2015WR018150 (Original work published 2015)


2015
Journal article

Penuela Fernandez, A., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2015). How do slope and surface roughness affect plot-scale overland flow connectivity? Journal of Hydrology, 528, 192-205. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2015.06.031 (Original work published 2015)


Koebernick, N., Huber, K., Kerkhofs, E., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., Vereecken, H., & Vetterlein, D. (2015). Unraveling the hydrodynamics of split root water uptake experiments using CT scanned root architectures and three dimensional flow simulations. Frontiers in Plant Science, 6(370). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2015.00370 (Original work published 2015)


Huber, K., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., & Vereecken, H. (2015). Simulating transpiration and leaf water relations in response to heterogeneous soil moisture and different stomatal control mechanisms. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 394(1-2), 109-126. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-015-2502-9 (Original work published 2015)


Vereecken, H., Huisman, J.-A., Hendricks Franssen, H.-J., Brüggemann, N., Bogena, H. R., Kollet, S., Javaux, M., van der Kruk, J., & Vanderborght, J. (2015). Soil hydrology: Recent methodological advances, challenges, and perspectives. Water Resources Research, 51(4), 2616-2633. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR016852 (Original work published 2015)


Lobet, G., Pound, M. P., Diener, J., Pradal, C., Godin, C., Draye, X., Javaux, M., Leitner, D., Meunier, F., Nacry, P., Pridmore, T. P., & Schnepf, A. (2015). Root System Markup Language: toward a unified root architecture description language. Plant Physiology, 25 p. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.114.253625 (Original work published 2015)


2014
Journal article

Delforge, D., Dubois, D., & Javaux, M. (2014). Un cadastre pour lutter contre les crues. La Dernière Heure - Les Sports. Published. (Original work published 2014)


Lobet, G., Couvreur, V., Meunier, F., Javaux, M., & Draye, X. (2014). Plant Water Uptake in Drying Soils. Plant Physiology, 164, 1619-1627. https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.113.233486 (Original work published 2014)


Leitner, D., Meunier, F., Bodner, G., Javaux, M., & Schnepf, A. (2014). Impact of contrasted maize root traits at flowering on water stress tolerance - A simulation study. Field Crops Research, 165, 125-137. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.fcr.2014.05.009 (Original work published 2014)


Huber, K., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., Schröder, N., Dodd, I. C., & Vereecken, H. (2014). Modelling the impact of heterogeneous rootzone water distribution on the regulation of transpiration by hormone transport and/or hydraulic pressures. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 384(1-2), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-014-2188-4 (Original work published 2014)


Delforge, D., Dubois, D., & Javaux, M. (2014). La lutte contre les inondations s’organise. L’avenir.net. Published. (Original work published 2014)


Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., Draye, X., & Javaux, M. (2014). Dynamic aspects of soil water availability for isohydric plants: Focus on root hydraulic resistances. Water Resources Research, 50(11), 8891-8906. https://doi.org/10.1002/2014WR015608 (Original work published 2014)


Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., Beff, L., & Javaux, M. (2014). Horizontal soil water potential heterogeneity: simplifying approaches for crop water dynamics models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 11, 1203-1252. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-11-1203-2014 (Original work published 2014)


Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., Beff, L., & Javaux, M. (2014). Horizontal soil water potential heterogeneity simplifying approaches for crop water dynamics models. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18, 1723-1743. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-18-1723-2014 (Original work published 2014)


Delforge, D., Dubois, D., & Javaux, M. (2014). La Province veut gérer les inondations. Le Soir. Published. (Original work published 2014)


Delforge, D., Dubois, D., & Javaux, M. (2014). Mieux gérer les eaux pluviales. Vers l’Avenir. Published. (Original work published 2014)


Schroeder, N., Lazarovitch, N., Vanderborght, J., Vereecken, H., & Javaux, M. (2014). Linking transpiration reduction to rhizosphere salinity using a 3D coupled soil-plant model. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 377, 277-293. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1990-8 (Original work published 2014)


Vandoorne, B., Descamps, C., Mathieu, A.-S., Van den Ende, W., Vergauwen, R., Javaux, M., & Lutts, S. (2014). Long term intermittent flooding stress affects plant growth and inulin synthesis of Cichorium intybus (var. sativum). Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 376, 291-305. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1933-4 (Original work published 2014)


2013
Book chapter

Lobet, G., Hachez, C., Chaumont, F., Javaux, M., & Draye, X. (2013). Root water uptake and water flow in the soil-root domain. In Eshel, A. and Beeckman, T. (Eds.) (ed.), Plant Roots: The Hidden Half (p. 24-1 - 24-18). CRC Press Inc.


Pohlmeier, A., Haber-Pohlmeier, S., Javaux, M., & Vereecken, H. (2013). Magnetic Resonance Imaging Techniques for Visualization of Root Growth and Root Water Uptake Processes. In Stephen H. Anderson and Jan W. Hopmans (ed.), Soil-Water-Root Processes: Advances in Tomography and Imaging (pp. 137-156, chap). Soil Science Society of America. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaspecpub61


Journal article

Javaux, M., Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2013). Root Water Uptake: From Three-Dimensional biophysical Processes to Macroscopic Modeling Approaches. Vadose Zone Journal, 12(4). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2013.02.0042 (Original work published 2013)


Kautz, T., Amelung, W., Ewert, F., Gaiser, T., Horn, R., Jahn, R., Javaux, M., Kemna, A., Kuzyakov, Y., Munch, J.-C., Pätzold, S., Peth, S., Scherer, H. W., Schloter, M., Schneider, H., Vanderborght, J., Vetterlein, D., Walter, A., Wiesenberg, G. L. B., & Köpke, U. (2013). Nutrient acquisition from arable subsoils in temperate climates: a review. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 57, 1003-1022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.09.014 (Original work published 2012)


Dunbabin, V., Postma, J., Schnepf, A., Pagès, L., Javaux, M., Wu, L., Leitner, D., Chen, Y., Rengel, Z., & Diggle, A. (2013). Modelling root–soil interactions using three–dimensional models of root growth, architecture and function. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 372, 93-124. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-013-1769-y (Original work published 2013)


Beff, L., Günther, T., Vandoorne, B., Couvreur, V., & Javaux, M. (2013). Three-dimensional monitoring of soil water content in a maize field using Electrical Resistivity Tomography. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 595-609. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-595-2013 (Original work published 2013)


Penuela Fernandez, A., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2013). Scale effect on overland flow connectivity at the plot scale. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 17, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-17-1-2013 (Original work published 2013)


Javaux, M. (2013). L’idée est de mieux gérer les inondations. Espace Vie, 230, 7. (Original work published 2013)


Stingaciu, L., Schulz, H., Pohlmeier, A., Behnke, S., Zilken, H., Javaux, M., & Vereecken, H. (2013). In Situ Root System Architecture Extraction from Magnetic Resonance Imaging for Water Uptake Modeling. Vadose Zone Journal, 12(1). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0019 (Original work published 2013)


2012
Journal article

Garré, S., Pagès, L., Laloy, E., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2012). Parameterizing a Dynamic Architectural Model of the Root System of Spring Barley from Minirhizotron Data. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(4). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2011.0179 (Original work published 2012)


Beff, L., Günther, T., Vandoorne, B., & Javaux, M. (2012). Three-dimentional monitoring of soil water content in a maize field using electrical resistivity tomography. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 9, 8535-8578. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-9-8535-2012 (Original work published 2012)


Antoine, M., Chalon, C., Darboux, F., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2012). Estimating changes in effective values of surface detention, depression storage and friction factor at the interrill scale, using a cheap and fast method to mold the soil surface micro-topography. CATENA, 91, 10-20. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.catena.2010.11.003 (Original work published 2012)


Vandoorne, B., Mathieu, A.-S., Van den Ende, W., Vergauwen, R., Périlleux, C., Javaux, M., & Lutts, S. (2012). Water stress drastically reduces root growth and inulin yield in Cichorium intybus (var.sativum) independently of photosynthesis. Journal of Experimental Botany, 1-15. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/ers095 (Original work published 2012)


Vandoorne, B., Beff, L., Lutts, S., & Javaux, M. (2012). Root Water Uptake Dynamics of Cichorium intybus var. sativum Under Water-Limited Conditions. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0005 (Original work published 2012)


Abbasi, F., Javaux, M., Vanclooster, M., & Feyen, J. (2012). Estimating hysteresis in the soil water retention curve from monolith experiments. Geoderma, 189-190, 480-490. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.geoderma.2012.06.013 (Original work published 2012)


Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2012). A simple three-dimensional macroscopic root water uptake model based on the hydraulic architecture approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 16, 2957-2971. https://doi.org/10.5194/hess-16-2957-2012 (Original work published 2012)


de Willigen, P., van Dam, J. C., Javaux, M., & Heinen, M. (2012). Root Water Uptake as Simulated by Three Soil Water Flow Models. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0018 (Original work published 2012)


Couvreur, V., Vanderborght, J., & Javaux, M. (2012). A simple three-dimensional macroscopic root water uptake model based on the hydraulic architecture approach. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences Discussions, 9, 4943-4987. https://doi.org/10.5194/hessd-9-4943-2012 (Original work published 2012)


Romano, N., Angulo-Jaramillo, R., Javaux, M., & van der Ploeg, M. J. (2012). Interweaving Monitoring Activities and Model Development towards Enhancing Knowledge of the Soil–Plant–Atmosphere Continuum. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0122 (Original work published 2012)


Schroeder, N., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Steffen, B., & Vereecken, H. (2012). Effect of Root Water and Solute Uptake on Apparent Soil Dispersivity: A Simulation Study. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3). https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2012.0009 (Original work published 2012)


2011
Journal article

Garré, S., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Pagès, L., & Vereecken, H. (2011). Three-Dimensional Electrical Resistivity Tomography to Monitor Root Zone Water Dynamics. Vadose Zone Journal, 10(1), 412-424. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2010.0079 (Original work published 2011)


Stingaciu, L. R., Weihermüller, L., Pohlmeier, A., Javaux, M., & Vereecken, H. (2011). Détermination des propriétés hydrauliques d’une colonne de sol artificiel par résonance magnétique et multi-step-outflow. Bulletin du GFHN, 56, 45-50. (Original work published 2010)


Janott, M., Gayler, S., Gessler, A., Javaux, M., & Klier, C. (2011). A one-dimensional model of water flow in soil-plant systems based on plant architecture. Plant and Soil : international journal on plant-soil relationships, 341, 233-256. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-010-0639-0 (Original work published 2011)


Antoine, M., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2011). Integrating subgrid connectivity properties of the micro-topography in distributed runoff models, at the interill scale. Journal of Hydrology, 403(3-4), 213-223. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2011.03.027 (Original work published 2011)


Besson, A., Javaux, M., Bielders, C., & Vanclooster, M. (2011). Impact of tillage on solute transport in a loamy soil from leaching experiments. Soil & Tillage Research, 112(1), 47-57. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2010.11.001 (Original work published 2011)


Laloy, E., Javaux, M., Vanclooster, M., Roisin, C., & Bielders, C. (2011). Electrical Resistivity in a Loamy Soil: Identification of the Appropriate Pedo-Electrical Model. Vadose Zone Journal, 10(3), 1023-1033. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2010.0095 (Original work published 2011)


Couvreur, V., & Javaux, M. (2011). Calibration et amélioration d’un modèle 1-D de prise d’eau racinaire pour l’échelle du champ. Bulletin GFHN, 56, 105-110. (Original work published 2010)


Book chapter

Javaux, M., Draye, X., Doussan, Cl., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2011). Root water uptake: toward 3-D functional approaches. In Jan Glinski, Horabik Josef & Lipiec Jerzy (ed.), Encyclopedia of Agrophysics (pp. 717-721). Springer Sciences + Business Media BV 2011.


2010
Journal article

Laloy, E., Weynants, M., Bielders, C., Vanclooster, M., & Javaux, M. (2010). How efficient are one-dimensional models to reproduce the hydrodynamic behavior of structured soils subjected to multi-step outflow experiments? Journal of Hydrology, 393, 37-52. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2010.02.017 (Original work published 2010)


Draye, X., Kim, Y., Lobet, G., & Javaux, M. (2010). Model-assisted integration of physiological and environmental constraints affecting the dynamic and spatial patterns of root water uptake from soils. Journal of Experimental Botany, 61(8), 2145-2155. https://doi.org/10.1093/jxb/erq077 (Original work published 2010)


Garre, S., Koestel, J., Guenther, T., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2010). Comparison of Heterogeneous Transport Processes Observed with Electrical Resistivity Tomography in Two Soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 9(2), 336-349. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2009.0086 (Original work published 2010)


Vereecken, H., Weynants, M., Javaux, M., Pachepsky, Y., Schaap, M. G., & van Genuchten, M. Th. (2010). Using Pedotransfer Functions to Estimate the van Genuchten-Mualem Soil Hydraulic Properties: A Review. Vadose Zone Journal, 9, 795-820. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2010.0045 (Original work published 2010)


2009
Journal article

Schroeder, T., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Koerfgen, B., & Vereecken, H. (2009). Implementation of a Microscopic Soil-Root Hydraulic Conductivity Drop Function in a Three-Dimensional Soil-Root Architecture Water Transfer Model. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(3), 783-792. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0116 (Original work published 2009)


Antoine, M., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2009). What indicators can capture runoff-relevant connectivity properties of the micro-topography at the plot scale? Advances in Water Resources, 32(8), 1297-1310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.advwatres.2009.05.006 (Original work published 2009)


Koestel, J., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., Kamna, A., Binley, A., & Vereecken, H. (2009). Noninvasive 3-D Transport Characterization in a Sandy Soil Using ERT: 2. Transport Process Inference. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(3), 723-734. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0154 (Original work published 2009)


Besson, A., Vanclooster, M., Javaux, M., & Bielders, C. (2009). Analyse de l’impact de techniques culturales sur les transferts en eau et en solutés du sol à l’échelle de colonnes de sol non perturbé. Bulletin du GFHN, 54, 125-130. (Original work published 2009)


Laloy, E., Javaux, M., Vanclooster, M., Roisin, C., & Bielders, C. (2009). Comparaison de 3 méthodes de caractérisation de l’impact du travail du sol sur sa structure: description de profil cultural, tomographie par résistivité électrique et pénétrométrie. bulletin du Groupe français d’humidimétrie neutronique et des techniques associées, 54, 185-186. (Original work published 2009)


Schroeder, T., Tang, L., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Koerfgen, B., & Vereecken, H. (2009). A grid refinement approach for a three-dimensional soil-root water transfer model. Water Resources Research, 45. https://doi.org/10.1029/2009WR007873 (Original work published 2009)


Weynants, M., Vereecken, H., & Javaux, M. (2009). Revisiting Vereecken Pedotransfer Functions: Introducing a Closed-Form Hydraulic Model. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(1), 86-95. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0062 (Original work published 2009)


Koestel, J., Vanderborght, J., Javaux, M., Kemna, A., Binley, A., & Vereecken, H. (2009). Noninvasive 3-D Transport Characterization in a Sandy Soil Using ERT: 1. Investigating the Validity of ERT-derived Transport Parameters. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(3), 711-722. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0027 (Original work published 2009)


Weynants, M., & Javaux, M. (2009). Impact sur l’occupation du sol sur les propriétés hydrodynamiques des sols estimées par des fonctions de pédotransfert. Bulletin du GFHN, 54, 81-86. (Original work published 2009)


Koestel, J., Kasteel, R., Kemna, A., Esser, O., Javaux, M., Binley, A., & Vereecken, H. (2009). Imaging Brilliant Blue Stained Soil by Means of Electrical Resistivity Tomography. Vadose Zone Journal. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0180


2008
Journal article

Herbst, M., Gottschalk, S., Reissel, M., Hardelauf, H., Kasteel, R., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2008). On preconditioning for a parallel solution of the Richards equation. Computers & Geosciences, 34(12), 1958-1963. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cageo.2008.02.020 (Original work published 2008)


Shroeder, T., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Koerfgen, B., & Vereecken, H. (2008). Effect of local soil hydraulic conductivity drop using a three-dimensional root water uptake model. Vadose Zone Journal, 7(3), 1089-1098. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2007.0114 (Original work published 2008)


Koestel, J., Kemna, A., Javaux, M., Binley, A., & Vereecken, H. (2008). Quantitative imaging of solute transport in an unsaturated and undisturbed soil monolith with 3-D ERT and TDR. Water Resources Research, 44(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2007WR006755 (Original work published 2008)


Javaux, M., Schroeder, T., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2008). Use of a three-dimensional detailed modeling approach for predicting root water uptake. Vadose Zone Journal. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2007.0115


Pohlmeier, A., Oros-Peusquens, A., Javaux, M., Menzel, M. I., Vanderborght, J., Kaffanke, J., Romanzetti, S., Lindenmair, J., Vereecken, H., & Shah, N. J. (2008). Changes in soil water content resulting from Ricinus root uptake monitored by magnetic resonance Imaging. Vadose Zone Journal, 7(3), 1010-1017. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2008.0110 (Original work published 2008)


Book chapter

Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2008). Numerical models for prediction of flow and transport in soil at the field scale. In NATO Science for Peace and Security Programme (ed.), Soil Chemical Pollution, Risk Assessment, Remediation and Security (p. p. 281-291). Springer Science+Business Media B.V.


2007
Journal article

Pohlmeier, A., Oros-Peusquens, A. M., Javaux, M., Menzel, M. I., Vereecken, H., & Shah, N. J. (2007). Investigation of water content and dynamics of a Ricinus root system in unsaturated sand by means of SPRITE and CISS: correlation of root architecture and water content change. Magnetic Resonance Imaging, 25, 544-591. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.mri.2007.01.090 (Original work published 2007)


Schroeder, T., Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2007). Comment on “Root water extraction and limiting soil hydraulic conditions estimated by numerical simulation”. Vadose Zone Journal, 6(3), 524-526. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2007.0036 (Original work published 2007)


Hardelauf, H., Javaux, M., Herbst, M., Gottschalk, S., Kasteel, R., Vanderborght, J., & Vereecken, H. (2007). PARSWMS: A Parallelized Model for Simulating Three-Dimensional Water Flow and Solute Transport in Variably Saturated Soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 6(2), 255. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2006.0156 (Original work published 2007)


2006
Journal article

Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2006). Three-dimensional structure characterisation and transient flow modelling of a variably saturated heterogeneous monolith. Journal of Hydrology, 327(3-4), 516-524. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.064 (Original work published 2006)


Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Kasteel, R., & Vanclooster, M. (2006). Three-dimensional modeling of the scale- and flow rate-dependency of dispersion in a heterogeneous unsaturated sandy monolith. Vadose Zone Journal, 5(2), 515-528. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2005.0056 (Original work published 2006)


Javaux, M., Kasteel, R., Vanderborght, J., & Vanclooster, M. (2006). Interpretation of dye transport in a macroscopically heterogeneous, unsaturated subsoil with a one-dimensional model. Vadose Zone Journal, 5(2), 529-538. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2005.0085 (Original work published 2006)


Vanderborght, J., Kasteel, R., Herbst, M., Javaux, M., Thiéry, D., Vanclooster, M., Mouvet, C., & Vereecken, H. (2006). Response to comments on “A set of analytical benchmarks to test numerical models of flow and transport in soils”. Vadose Zone Journal, 5, 128. (Original work published 2006)


Javaux, M., Vanderborght, J., Kasteel, R., & Vanclooster, M. (2006). Comparaison entre le transport du chlorure et du Brilliant Blue dans un sous-sol hétérogène non saturé. Bulletin du GFHN - 29èmes Journées, 50, 19-24. (Original work published 2006)


Abbasi, F., Javaux, M., Vanclooster, M., Feyen, J., Wyseure, G., & Nziguheba, G. (2006). Experimental study of water flow and sulphate transport at monolith scale. Agricultural Water Management, 79(1), 93-112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.agwat.2005.07.032 (Original work published 2006)


Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2006). Scale-dependency of the hydraulic properties of a variably saturated heterogeneous sandy subsoil. Journal of Hydrology, 327(3-4), 376-388. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2005.11.040 (Original work published 2006)


Vanderborght, J., Kasteel, R., Vereecken, H., Javaux, M., Vanclooster, M., Thiery, D., & Mouvet, C. (2006). Response to “Comments on ‘A set of analytical benchmarks to test numerical models of flow and transport in soils”’. Vadose Zone Journal, 5(1), 128. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2005.0091L (Original work published 2006)


van der Velde, M., Javaux, M., Vanclooster, M., & Clothier, B. E. (2006). El Nino-Southern Oscillation determines the salinity of the freshwater lens under a coral atoll in the Pacific Ocean. Geophysical Research Letters, 33(21). https://doi.org/10.1029/2006GL027748 (Original work published 2006)


2005
Book chapter

Vanclooster, M., Javaux, M., & Vanderborght, J. (2005). Solute transport in soil at the core and field scale. In M.G. Anderson, John Wiley & Sons (ed.), In Enclyclopedia of Hydrological Sciences (p. 1041-1054 (chap.69)). https://doi.org/10.1002/0470848944.hsa073


Journal article

Javaux, M., Wang, Z., Feyen, J., Elrick, D., & Vanclooster, M. (2005). Correction to “Prediction of fingering in porous media”: Revision and evaluation of unstable flow criteria. Water Resources Research, 41. https://doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003831 (Original work published 2005)


Ritter, A., Munoz-Carpena, R., Regalado, C., Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2005). Using TDR and inverse modeling to characterize solute transport in a layered agricultural volcanic soil. Vadose Zone Journal, 4(2), 300-309. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2004.0094 (Original work published 2005)


Vanderborght, J., Kasteel, R., Herbst, M., Javaux, M., Thiery, D., Vanclooster, M., Mouvet, C., & Vereecken, H. (2005). A set of analytical benchmarks to test numerical models of flow and transport in soils. Vadose Zone Journal, 4(1), 206-221. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2005.0206 (Original work published 2005)


2004
Book chapter

Lambot, S., Javaux, M., Hupet, F., & Vanclooster, M. (2004). Inverse modeling techniques to characterize soil transport processes in the soil-crop continuum. In Alvarez-Benedi I. and R. Munoz-Carpena (Eds) (ed.), Soil-Water-Solute Processes in environmental systems (p. p. 693-714). https://doi.org/10.1201/9781420032086.ch20


Journal article

Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2004). In situ long-term chloride transport through a layered, nonsaturated subsoil. 2. Effect of layering on solute transport processes. Vadose Zone Journal, 3(4), 1331-1339. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2004.1331 (Original work published 2004)


Lambot, S., Hupet, F., Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2004). Laboratory evaluation of a hydrodynamic inverse modeling method based on water content data. Water Resources Research, 40(3). https://doi.org/10.1029/2003WR002641 (Original work published 2004)


Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2004). In situ long-term chloride transport through a layered, nonsaturated subsoil. 1. Data set, interpolation methodology, and results. Vadose Zone Journal, 3(4), 1322-1330. https://doi.org/10.2136/vzj2004.1322 (Original work published 2004)


Lambot, S., Hupet, F., Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2004). Reply to comment by S. Assouline on “Laboratory evaluation of a hydrodynamic inverse modeling method based on water content data″. Water Resources Research, 40(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2004WR003667 (Original work published 2004)


2003
Journal article

Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2003). Robust estimation of the generalized solute transfer function parameters. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 67(1), 81-91. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2003.0081 (Original work published 2003)


Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2003). Scale- and rate-dependent solute transport within an unsaturated sandy monolith. Soil Science Society of America Journal, 67(5), 1334-1343. https://doi.org/10.2136/sssaj2003.1334 (Original work published 2003)


Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2003). Influence de l’échelle, du flux et de la structure sur la dispersivité hydrodynamique en milieu non saturé et non perturbé. Bulletin du GFHN, 49, 96-101. (Original work published 2003)


2002
Book chapter

Vanclooster, M., Javaux, M., Hupet, F., Lambot, S., Rochdi, A., Pineros Garcet, J., & Bielders, C. (2002). Effective Approaches for Modelling Chemical Transport in Soils Supporting Soil Management at the Larger Scale. In Pagliai, Marcello ; Jones, Robert (eds) (ed.), Sustainable Land Management Environnement Protection. A soil Physical Approach. (p. 171-184 (chap.III: soil hydrology)). Schweizerbart Science Publishers.


Journal article

Lambot, S., Javaux, M., Hupet, F., & Vanclooster, M. (2002). A global multilevel coordinate search procedure for estimating the unsaturated soil hydraulic properties. Water Resources Research, 38(11). https://doi.org/10.1029/2001WR001224 (Original work published 2002)


Hupet, F., Lambot, S., Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2002). On the identification of macroscopic root water uptake parameters from soil water content observations. Water Resources Research, 38(12). https://doi.org/10.1029/2002WR001556 (Original work published 2002)


2001
Book chapter

Pineros Garcet, J., Tilmant, A., Javaux, M., & Vanclooster, M. (2001). Modeling N behavior in the soil and vadoze environment supporting fertilizer management at the farm scale. In Shaffer M., Liwang M. and S. Hansen (ed.), Modeling Carbon and Nitrogen Dynamics for Soil Management (p. 573-598 (Chap.18)). Lewis Publishers.


Learning units for 2025

Label Code
Transfer of fluids and energy for Bio-engineer LBIR1325
Integrated project in water and soil resources management LBIRE2233
Innovative system management for sustainability LBIRE2235
Sustainability Engineering project LBIRE2236
Systems Biology Modelling LBRAI2219
Soil physics applied to Agronomy and Environment LBRES2103
IRRIGATION AND DRAINAGE LBRES2104
Advanced Hydrology for Engineers LBRES2206
Integrated exercises in environmental science and technology LBRTE2102
Water-food Nexus : modeling and analysis LNEEA2220