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Journal Article
Plant root growth, architecture and function
2009
Overview
Without roots there would be no rhizosphere and no rhizodeposition to fuel microbial activity. Although micro-organisms may view roots merely as a source of carbon supply this belies the fascinating complexity and diversity of root systems that occurs despite their common function. Here, we examine the physiological and genetic determinants of root growth and the complex, yet varied and flexible, root architecture that results. The main functions of root systems are also explored including how roots cope with nutrient acquisition from the heterogeneous soil environment and their ability to form mutualistic associations with key soil micro-organisms (such as nitrogen fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi) to aid them in their quest for nutrients. Finally, some key biotic and abiotic constraints on root development and function in the soil environment are examined and some of the adaptations roots have evolved to counter such stresses discussed.
Publisher
Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands,Springer,Springer Netherlands,Springer Nature B.V,Springer Verlag
Subject
/ Agronomy. Soil science and plant productions
/ Animal, plant and microbial ecology
/ Auxin
/ Auxins
/ Bacteria
/ Biological and medical sciences
/ Biomedical and Life Sciences
/ carbon
/ Chemical, physicochemical, biochemical and biological properties
/ Ecology
/ Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
/ Fungi
/ General agronomy. Plant production
/ Genetics
/ Physics, chemistry, biochemistry and biology of agricultural and forest soils
/ Plants
/ Roots
/ soil
/ Soil micro-organisms (including nitrogen-fixing bacteria and mycorrhizal fungi)
/ Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility
/ Soil-plant relationships. Soil fertility. Fertilization. Amendments
/ Symbiosis (nodules, symbiotic nitrogen fixation, mycorrhiza...)
