How do roots penetrate strong soil

By L. Clark, W. R. Whalley, P. Barraclough. 2003

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GROWSCREEN-Rhizo is a novel phenotyping robot enabling simultaneous measurements of root and shoot growth for plants grown in soil-filled rhizotrons. (2012, background): “However, the 3 degree to which the reduction in root development triggered by mechanical impedance 4 reduces shoot biomass or yield also depends on the extent of restriction in water and nutrient 5 uptake (Clark et al. 2003).”
Root biomass in cereals, catch crops and weeds can be reliably estimated without considering aboveground biomass (2018, background): “Genotypic variation between species could cause different specific allocation strategies (Fakhri et al., 1987; Clark et al., 2003), and thus cause root biomass differences among species.”
Root anatomy and soil resource capture (2021, background): “Increased root diameter in response to impedance (Atwell 1993; Pfeifer et al. 2014; Colombi and Walter 2015) may be accompanied by decreases in cell division (Clark et al. 2003) and therefore root elongation (Atwell 1993; Smith 2007).”
Plant root growth, architecture and function (2009, background): “Thus, the ability to penetrate strong soils may instead be directly related to root diameter (see Materechera et al. 1992; Clark et al. 2003).”
Nitrogen efficiency of wheat: Genotypic and environmental variation and prospects for improvement (2010, background): “Data points are for individual years. rooting (and all root growth) is mechanical impedance caused by compacted soils (plough-pans) and dense sub-soils (Barraclough et al., 1991; Clark et al., 2003).”
Towards a multidimensional root trait framework: a tree root review. (2016, background): “For example, roots with a small diameter and highSRL are predicted to be efficient at acquiring resources, butmay not developwhenunfavourable soil structure impedes the formation of thin roots, because thin roots cannot easily penetrate dense soils (Clark et al., 2003).”