Adaptation of the Root System to the Environment

• Format: eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Basel MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2022
• Subjects: abiotic stress; Acer pseudoplatanus; anchorage; bioengineering; Biology, life sciences; carbon; Carpinus betulus; coarse root; competition below ground; ectomycorrhizal fungi; extracellular enzymes; Fagus orientalis; Fagus sylvatica; fine root; fine roots; forest gap; forest management; hydro-fluctuation zone; intraspecific and interspecific competition; lignin; Mathematics and Science; measurement method; morphological attributes; morphology; N loading; n/a; nitrogen; organic acids; phosphorus deficiency; physiological analysis; phytohormone treatment; Pinus thunbergii; Populus euramericana; Populus trichocarpa; protein interaction network; Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary subjects; reforestation; Research and information: general; root cross-sectional area; root foraging ability for phosphorus; root morphology; root system architecture; Salix matsudana; soil compaction; T.‘Zhongshanshan’; Taxodium distichum; tensile force; Three Gorges Dam Reservoir; TIFY; toot economic spectrum; toot respiration; tree root traits; winter submergence
• ISBN: 3036539700; 3036539697; 9783036539690; 9783036539706
• DOI: 10.3390/books978-3-0365-3970-6

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.