Plants shape and interact continuously with their rhizospheric microbiota, which play a key
role in plant health and resilience. However, plant-associated microbial community can be …

The decade since the publication of the third edition of this volume has been an era of great
progress in biology in general and the plant sciences in particular. This is especially true …

For more than two millennia, superior fruit tree genotypes have been grafted onto rootstocks
to maintain the genetic identity of the desirable scions. Until the 20th century most fruit trees …

The morphological characteristics of crop roots, especially the plasticity of fine roots, are
directly related to the crop's ability to obtain soil water. Mulched drip irrigation can effectively …

Optimal resource partitioning theory predicts that plants should increase the ratio between
water absorbing and transpiring surfaces under short water supply. An increase in fine root …

Forest subsoils may represent an important C sink in a warming world, but rhizodeposition
as the key biogeochemical process determining the C sink strength of mature forests has not …

The present work analyzes the impact of biochar-induced modification of soil physico-
chemical properties on intra-annual growth dynamics of pioneer and fibrous grapevine …

Purpose Roots are the mean absorbing organ of plants and an important part of material
circulation in ecosystems. Understanding long-term root system development and its …

Projecting the dynamics and functioning of the biosphere requires a holistic consideration of
whole‐ecosystem processes. However, biases toward leaf, canopy, and soil modeling since …

The terminal branch orders of plant root systems have been proposed as short‐lived
'ephemeral'modules specialized for resource absorption. The occurrence of ephemeral root …