Adaptation of the Root System to the Environment

• Other Authors: Montagnoli, Antonio (Editor)
• Format: Electronic Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: Research & information: general; Biology, life sciences; TIFY; Populus trichocarpa; protein interaction network; phytohormone treatment; abiotic stress; bioengineering; Carpinus betulus; Fagus orientalis; tensile force; Acer pseudoplatanus; competition below ground; extracellular enzymes; Fagus sylvatica; intraspecific and interspecific competition; toot economic spectrum; toot respiration; tree root traits; soil compaction; N loading; fine root; root morphology; ectomycorrhizal fungi; forest gap; forest management; fine roots; morphology; lignin; carbon; nitrogen; hydro-fluctuation zone; Three Gorges Dam Reservoir; winter submergence; Taxodium distichum; Salix matsudana; organic acids; phosphorus deficiency; T.'Zhongshanshan'; root foraging ability for phosphorus; anchorage; coarse root; measurement method; Pinus thunbergii; root cross-sectional area; root system architecture; morphological attributes; physiological analysis; Populus euramericana; reforestation; n/a
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This book is a collection of fundamental and applied research on the plant root response to environmental clues. In particular, the continued adaptation of both fine and coarse roots to modifications due to natural and anthropogenic causes were investigated from different viewpoints. Additionally, specific root traits were investigated as an optimal indicator of responses to the environment at the whole-plant level. Aspects such as an innovative methodological approach, the root morphology, gene expression, and primary and secondary metabolite concentrations were at the center of the investigations conducted in this collection.