| Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils MA Ahmed, E Kroener, M Holz, M Zarebanadkouki, A Carminati Functional Plant Biology 41 (11), 1129-1137, 2014 | 160 | 2014 |
| Root hairs enable high transpiration rates in drying soils A Carminati, JB Passioura, M Zarebanadkouki, MA Ahmed, PR Ryan, ... New Phytologist 216 (3), 771-781, 2017 | 154 | 2017 |
| Root type matters: measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown, and lateral roots in maize MA Ahmed, M Zarebanadkouki, F Meunier, M Javaux, A Kaestner, ... Journal of Experimental Botany, 2018 | 122 | 2018 |
| Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface A Carminati, P Benard, MA Ahmed, M Zarebanadkouki Plant and Soil 417, 1-15, 2017 | 113 | 2017 |
| Measurements of water uptake of maize roots: the key function of lateral roots MA Ahmed, M Zarebanadkouki, A Kaestner, A Carminati Plant and Soil, Volume 398, Issue 1, pp 59–77, 2016 | 111 | 2016 |
| Drying of mucilage causes water repellency in the rhizosphere of maize: measurements and modelling MA Ahmed, E Kroener, P Benard, M Zarebanadkouki, A Kaestner, ... Plant and Soil, Volume 407, Issue 1, pp 161–171, 2016 | 108 | 2016 |
| Biophysical rhizosphere processes affecting root water uptake A Carminati, M Zarebanadkouki, E Kroener, MA Ahmed, M Holz Annals of Botany 118 (4), 561-571, 2016 | 94 | 2016 |
| An efficient method for the collection of root mucilage from different plant species—A case study on the effect of mucilage on soil water repellency IM Zickenrott, SK Woche, J Bachmann, MA Ahmed, D Vetterlein Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 179 (2), 294-302, 2016 | 71 | 2016 |
| Hydraulic processes in roots and the rhizosphere pertinent to increasing yield of water-limited grain crops: a critical review MA Ahmed, J Passioura, A Carminati Journal of Experimental Botany 69 (13), 3255-3265, 2018 | 68 | 2018 |
| Root hydraulic phenotypes impacting water uptake in drying soils G Cai, MA Ahmed, M Abdalla, A Carminati Plant, Cell & Environment, 2022 | 67 | 2022 |
| Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis M Naveed, MA Ahmed, P Benard, LK Brown, TS George, AG Bengough, ... Plant and Soil 437, 65-81, 2019 | 66 | 2019 |
| Experimental platforms for the investigation of spatiotemporal patterns in the rhizosphere—laboratory and field scale D Vetterlein, E Lippold, S Schreiter, M Phalempin, T Fahrenkampf, ... Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 2020 | 64 | 2020 |
| Effects of mucilage on rhizosphere hydraulic functions depend on soil particle size E Kroener, M Holz, M Zarebanadkouki, M Ahmed, A Carminati Vadose Zone Journal 17 (1), 1-11, 2018 | 60 | 2018 |
| Hydraulic conductivity of the root-soil interface of lupin in sandy soil after drying and rewetting M Zarebanadkouki, MA Ahmed, A Carminati Plant and Soil 398, 267-280, 2016 | 54 | 2016 |
| Effect of soil drying on mucilage exudation and its water repellency: a new method to collect mucilage MA Ahmed, M Holz, SK Woche, J Bachmann, A Carminati Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science 178 (6), 821-824, 2015 | 54 | 2015 |
| Pore-scale distribution of mucilage affecting water repellency in the rhizosphere P Benard, M Zarebanadkouki, C Hedwig, M Holz, MA Ahmed, A Carminati Vadose Zone Journal, 2017 | 52 | 2017 |
| Stomatal closure of tomato under drought is driven by an increase in soil–root hydraulic resistance M Abdalla, A Carminati, G Cai, M Javaux, MA Ahmed Plant, Cell & Environment 44 (2), 425-431, 2021 | 51 | 2021 |
| Soil textures rather than root hairs dominate water uptake and soil–plant hydraulics under drought G Cai, A Carminati, M Abdalla, MA Ahmed Plant Physiology 187 (2), 858-872, 2021 | 50 | 2021 |
| Soil microorganisms exhibit enzymatic and priming response to root mucilage under drought MA Ahmed, M Sanaullah, E Blagodatskaya, K Mason-Jones, H Jawad, ... Soil Biology and Biochemistry 116, 410-418, 2018 | 49 | 2018 |
| Hydraulic conductivity of soil-grown lupine and maize unbranched roots and maize root-shoot junctions F Meunier, M Zarebanadkouki, MA Ahmed, A Carminati, V Couvreur, ... Journal of Plant Physiology 227, 31-44, 2018 | 48 | 2018 |
