Root Characteristics: Why and What to Measure

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Root development and heavy metal phytoextraction efficiency: comparison of different plant species in the field (2003, background): “ditions (Atkinson, 2000) and diameter distribution was determined for each depth.”
Designing forest vegetation management strategies based on the mechanisms and dynamics of crop tree competition by neighbouring vegetation (2006, background): “…can be considered as the possibility of exploring soil volume for a given investment in carbon) can reach 200 – 700 m g DW -1 ( Zutter et al. , 1999 ; Atkinson, 2000 ) while that of some tree species such as Fagus sylvatica or Pinus sylvestris is often limited to 10 – 35 m g -1 ( Curt et al. ,…”
Biomass production and allocation in Jatropha curcas L. seedlings under different levels of drought stress (2010, methodology): “[26]) and mean dry leaf mass (= total dry leaf mass divided by number of leaves) were calculated for each individual.”
Root distribution of a Mediterranean shrubland in Portugal (2003, methodology): “These different techniques allow to represent the distribution of roots under different forms: root counts, root length, root biomass, root surface, root volume (Atkinson, 2000; Böhm, 1979; Caldwell and Virginia, 1989; Schuurman and Goedewaaggen, 1971).”