Root Caps and Rhizosphere

By M. Hawes, G. Bengough, G. Cassab, G. Ponce. Journal of Plant Growth Regulation, 2002

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Are root exudates more important than other sources of rhizodeposits in structuring rhizosphere bacterial communities? (2010, background): “…release fewer border cells than those with an open organization, for example Brassica napus and Arabidopsis thaliana release no border cells (Hawes et al., 2003; Hamamoto et al., 2006), although sheets of dead mucilage-producing ‘border-like’ cells are sloughed off (Bengough & McKenzie,…”
Root biomass, root/shoot ratio, and soil water content under perennial grasses with different nitrogen rates (2017, background): “Besides root biomass, rhizodeposit in the form of exudates, secretions, cap cells, lysates, and mucilages can also form important sources of C for enriching soil organic C (Hawes et al., 2003; Nguyen, 2003).”
Effects of Root Exudates in Microbial Diversity and Activity in Rhizosphere Soils (2008, background): “Root border cells represent root cap cells that are separated from the root apex during root growth (Hawes and Lin 1990; Hawes et al. 2003).”