Environmental stresses are the most important factors that reduce plant growth in stages of development. The presence of aluminum in acidic soils as an environmental stress has an impact on different parts of the plant and reduces root growth, water absorption and nutrients and increases susceptibility to drought.  In order to evaluate the effect of aluminum stress levels on wheat at germinatio...

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Water-saving ground cover rice production systems (GCRPS) are gaining popularity in many parts of the world. We aimed to describe the characteristics of root growth, morphology, distribution, and water uptake for a GCRPS. METHODS A traditional paddy rice production system (TPRPS) was compared with GCRPS in greenhouse and field experiments. In the greenhouse, GCRPS where ro...

Using optical-scanner (OPTOCOM) and radiogrammetric measurements on mandibular permanent teeth, root length alone affords sex-discriminatory effectiveness equal to or exceeding conventional crown diameters. Combinations of root length and crown dimensions yield up to 80% accuracy in sexing with as few as two teeth, and discriminatory effectiveness of 87% with mandibular teeth alone.

Natural regeneration is crucial for the development of sustainable forestry practices in light current global climate changes. In this paper, we compared size distributions Quercus acutissima seedlings understory Q. forest plantations Mount Tai 2010 and 2017, studied physiological morphological responses to microenvironment, explored maintenance mechanisms seedling bank. The results showed that...

The maize root system is crucial for plant establishment as well as water and nutrient uptake. There is substantial genetic and phenotypic variation for root architecture, which gives opportunity for selection. Root traits, however, have not been used as selection criterion mainly due to the difficulty in measuring them, as well as their quantitative mode of inheritance. Seedling root traits of...

Root systems play important roles in plant nutrient and water uptake. The spatial distribution and structure of root systems can affect many physiological functions, carbon distribution, and plant anchorage. The accurate measurement of root systems is necessary for better understanding of plant growth and responses to biotic and abiotic stress. Due to their underground growth habitat, root syst...

Root-knot nematode disease occurs frequently due to continuous monocropping and excessive water nitrogen input. The degree gall index are often used evaluate the damage of root-knot disease. However, weak correlation between these two indicators tobacco leaf dry weight has been reported. objective this study was verify whether use density (RKD)—the number per unit root or volume—as a new indica...