The effects of two water regimes (well-watered condition or drought stress) on root length,root surface area and root volume were tested on two peanut genotypes (the drought-resistantvariety HuaYu 22 (HY22) and the drought-sensitive variety HuaYu 23 (HY23)), measured 101days after sowing. The roots were sampled from the upper (0–40 cm) and deeper (40–100 cm)soil layers. Root diameter was measur...

OBJECTIVES To investigate the effectiveness of two restorative materials for reinforcing thin-walled roots and their microtensile bond strengths to root canal dentin. METHODS Twenty-one decoronated maxillary central incisor roots were root filled and the canals enlarged to leave approximately 1.0 mm thick dentin walls. The roots were distributed randomly to three equal groups. Group 1 (contro...

Abstract Aims Test the effects of root drying on biomechanical properties fibrous roots. Methods Tensile strength and Young’s modulus Festuca arundinacea roots were tested after full hydration during progressive drying. Root diameter, water loss, content measured for all treatments. Results Hydrated showed weak relations between diameter. After only 30 min air-drying, both tensile increased sig...

in the recent years, increasing production of waste as a result of population growth, increased food consumption, industrial development and urbanization growth, is regarded as a serious challenge. vermicompost, as an end product of urban waste recycling with proper physicochemical features, can play an effective role in plant growth and development and also in reducing harmful effects of vario...

Variation in xylem vessel diameter is one of the most important parameters when evaluating plant water relations. This review provides a synthesis of the ecophysiological implications of variation in lumen diameter together with a summary of our current understanding of vessel development and its endogenous regulation. We analyzed inter-specific variation of the mean hydraulic vessel diameter (...

The aims of this study were to investigate genotypic variations in root traits at phytomer level of wheat varieties and for recommending a few root traits as selection parameters in future breeding programs. Two separate experiments were conducted to measure their root traits for hydroponically grown wheat plants. In Experiment 1, main axis length, root hair density and diameter differed from p...

Examining the responses of root standing crop (biomass and necromass) and chemistry to soil warming is crucial for understanding root dynamics and functioning in the face of global climate change. We assessed the standing crop, total nitrogen (N) and carbon (C) compounds in tree roots and soil net N mineralization over the growing season after 6 years of experimental soil warming in a temperate...

Roots reinforce soil by acting as pins, dissipating shear stresses and anchoring the in place. By protruding into binding to particles, root hairs increase root-soil contact aid anchorage. However, it is not yet known whether this ability anchor roots affects system’s soil. Using a laboratory box shearing rig, study explores affect resistance. The force required columns permeated with lacking (...