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A comparison between water uptake and root length density in winter wheat: effects of root density and rhizosphere properties (2020)
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Zhang, X. .., Whalley, P. A., Ashton, R. W., Evans, J., Hawkesford, M. J., Griffiths, S., Huang, Z. D., Zhou, H., Mooney, S. J., & Whalley, W. R. (2020). A comparison between water uptake and root length density in winter wheat: effects of root density and rhizosphere properties. Plant and Soil, 451, 345-356. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-020-04530-3

© 2020, The Author(s). Background and aims: We aim to quantify the variation in root distribution in a set of 35 experimental wheat lines. We also compared the effect of variation in hydraulic properties of the rhizosphere on water uptake by roots. M... Read More about A comparison between water uptake and root length density in winter wheat: effects of root density and rhizosphere properties.

Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency (2020)
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Sena, V. G., de Moura, E. G., Macedo, V. R., Aguiar, A. C., Price, A. H., Mooney, S. J., & Calonego, J. C. (2020). Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency. Ecosphere, 11(2), Article e03028. https://doi.org/10.1002/ecs2.3028

© 2020 The Authors. In weathered tropical soil, low nutrient use efficiency can lead to agricultural systems becoming unsustainable. Therefore, tropical agriculture is highly dependent on ecosystem services, such as nutrient recycling and carbon sequ... Read More about Ecosystem services for intensification of agriculture, with emphasis on increased nitrogen ecological use efficiency.

Soil strength influences wheat root interactions with soil macropores (2019)
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Atkinson, J. A., Hawkesford, M. J., Whalley, W. R., Zhou, H., & Mooney, S. J. (2020). Soil strength influences wheat root interactions with soil macropores. Plant, Cell and Environment, 43(1), 235-245. https://doi.org/10.1111/pce.13659

Deep rooting is critical for access to water and nutrients found in subsoil. However, damage to soil structure and the natural increase in soil strength with depth, often impedes root penetration. Evidence suggests that roots use macropores (soil cav... Read More about Soil strength influences wheat root interactions with soil macropores.

Multiple abiotic stress, nitrate availability and the growth of wheat (2019)
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Ge, Y., Hawkesford, M., Rosolem, C., Mooney, S., Ashton, R., Evans, J., & Whalley, W. (2019). Multiple abiotic stress, nitrate availability and the growth of wheat. Soil and Tillage Research, 191, 171-184. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.still.2019.04.005

In the field, wheat experiences a combination of physical and nutrient stresses. There has been a tendency to study root impedance and water stress in separation and less is known about how they might interact. In this study, we investigated the effe... Read More about Multiple abiotic stress, nitrate availability and the growth of wheat.

Interaction between contrasting rice genotypes and soil physical conditions induced by hydraulic stresses typical of alternate wetting and drying irrigation of soil (2018)
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Fang, H., Zhou, H., Norton, G. J., Price, A. H., Raffan, A. C., Mooney, S. J., Peng, X., & Hallett, P. D. (2018). Interaction between contrasting rice genotypes and soil physical conditions induced by hydraulic stresses typical of alternate wetting and drying irrigation of soil. Plant and Soil, 430(1-2), 233-243. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11104-018-3715-5

© 2018, The Author(s). Background and aims: Alternate wetting and drying (AWD) saves water in paddy rice production but could influence soil physical conditions and root growth. This study investigated the interaction between contrasting rice genotyp... Read More about Interaction between contrasting rice genotypes and soil physical conditions induced by hydraulic stresses typical of alternate wetting and drying irrigation of soil.

Erratum: Author Correction: Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1408)) (2018)
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Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., Yang, J., Dievart, A., Bureau, C., Ljung, K., Price, A., Rose, T., Larrieu, A., Mairhofer, S., Sturrock, C. J., White, P., Dupuy, L., Hawkesford, M., Perin, C., Liang, W., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Erratum: Author Correction: Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (Nature communications (2018) 9 1 (1408)). Nature Communications, 9(1), Article 1810. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-04280-y

The original version of this Article omitted the following from the Acknowledgements:'We also thank DBT-CREST BT/HRD/03/01/2002.'This has been corrected in both the PDF and HTML versions of the Article.

Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate (2018)
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Giri, J., Bhosale, R., Huang, G., Pandey, B. K., Parker, H., Zappala, S., Yang, J., Dievart, A., Bureau, C., Ljung, K., Price, A., Rose, T., Larrieu, A., Mairhofer, S., Sturrock, C. J., White, P., Dupuy, L., Hawkesford, M., Perin, C., Liang, W., …Bennett, M. J. (2018). Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate. Nature Communications, 9(1), https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-018-03850-4

Root traits such as root angle and hair length influence resource acquisition particularly for immobile nutrients like phosphorus (P). Here, we attempted to modify root angle in rice by disrupting the OsAUX1 auxin influx transporter gene in an effort... Read More about Rice auxin influx carrier OsAUX1 facilitates root hair elongation in response to low external phosphate.

Soil seal development under simulated rainfall: structural, physical and hydrological dynamics (2017)
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Armenise, E., Simmons, R. W., Ahn, S., Garbout, A., Doen, S. H., Mooney, S. J., Sturrock, C., & Ritz, K. (2018). Soil seal development under simulated rainfall: structural, physical and hydrological dynamics. Journal of Hydrology, 556, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhydrol.2017.10.073

This study delivers new insights into rainfall-induced seal formation through a novel approach in the use of X-ray Computed Tomography (CT). Up to now seal and crust thickness have been directly quantified mainly through visual examination of sealed/... Read More about Soil seal development under simulated rainfall: structural, physical and hydrological dynamics.

Assessing water uptake in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) under different watering regimes (2017)
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Fitters, T. F., Bussell, J. S., Mooney, S. J., & Sparkes, D. L. (2017). Assessing water uptake in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) under different watering regimes. Environmental and Experimental Botany, 144, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.envexpbot.2017.10.001

Sugar beet yield worldwide is substantially reduced as a result of drought stress. Water uptake may be limited by the plant (e.g. low root density) or by soil physical constraints. An experiment was conducted to assess the ability of sugar beet to pr... Read More about Assessing water uptake in sugar beet (Beta vulgaris) under different watering regimes.

Shaping 3D root system architecture (2017)
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Morris, E. C., Griffiths, M., Golebiowska, A., Mairhofer, S., Burr-Hersey, J., Goh, T., von Wangenheim, D., Atkinson, B., Sturrock, C. J., Lynch, J. P., Vissenberg, K., Ritz, K., Wells, D. M., Mooney, S. J., & Bennett, M. J. (2017). Shaping 3D root system architecture. Current Biology, 27(17), R919-R930. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cub.2017.06.043

Plants are sessile organisms rooted in one place. The soil resources that plants require are often distributed in a highly heterogeneous pattern. To aid foraging, plants have evolved roots whose growth and development are highly responsive to soil si... Read More about Shaping 3D root system architecture.