Knapp, Dániel G. Németh, Julianna B. Barry, Kerrie Hainaut, Matthieu Henrissat, Bernard Johnson, Jenifer Kuo, Alan Lim, Joanne Hui Ping Lipzen, Anna Nolan, Matt
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Dark septate endophytes (DSE) are a form-group of root endophytic fungi with elusive functions. Here, the genomes of two common DSE of semiarid areas, Cadophora sp. and Periconia macrospinosa were sequenced and analyzed with another 32 ascomycetes of different lifestyles. Cadophora sp. (Helotiales) and P. macrospinosa (Pleosporales) have genomes of...
Vervoort, R.W. van der Zee, S.E.A.T.M.
In recent ecohydrological modelling, a common basis has been found in methodology and axiomas, such as the minimalist, systems analysis approach and a piecewise linear root zone water loss function. In this paper, we consider the loss function for root zones in contact with ground water through capillary upflow and including deep root systems. The ...
Bartholomeus, R.P. Witte, J.P.M. van Bodegom, P.M. van Dam, J.C. Becker de, P. Aerts, R.
Robust relationships among soil, water, atmosphere and plants are needed to reliably forecast the plant species composition. In this paper, we show the need for, and the application of, a process-based relationship between soil moisture conditions and vegetation characteristics. We considered 366 groundwater-dependent sites, where oxygen stress, ca...
Metselaar, K. van Lier, Q.D.
Scales in transport of water to roots are compared with the length and volume scales by using the concepts associated with the representative elementary volume (REV). The possibility of a mismatch between model scale and system scale when using a Darcy-Buckingham-based model to describe soil water transport to a single root is evaluated. In the abs...
Reubens, Bert; 44798; Poesen, Jean; 2685; Danjon, Frederic; Geudens, Guy; Muys, Bart; 13609;
The contribution of plant root systems to slope stability and soil erosion control has received a lot of attention in recent years. The plant root system is an intricate and adaptive object, and understanding the details of soil–root interaction is a difficult task. Although the morphology of a root system greatly influences its soil-fixing efficie...
Gyssels, Gwendolyn; 32688; Poesen, Jean; 2685; Liu, G.; Van Dessel, Wim; Knapen, Anke; 43504; De Baets, Sarah; 38523;
Farmers in Europe want to control soil erosion in ways that are easily incorporated in their normal practices. We have investigated the possibility of reducing soil erosion by concentrated flow (i.e. rill and gully erosion) through increasing the root density of cereal crops. In situ root density measurements on cereal fields were combined with lab...
De Baets, Sarah; 38523; Poesen, Jean; 2685; Gyssels, Gwendolyn; 32688; Knapen, Anke; 43504;
Traditional vegetative techniques to control gully development rely mainly on the effects of above ground biomass, whereas little attention has been given to the role of below ground biomass. Yet, in a context where above ground biomass may temporarily or spatially disappear (e.g. due to fire or grazing), roots can play an important role in protect...
Radersma, S. Grierson, P.F.
In agroforestry systems on Ferralsols in the tropics, maize crop yields are low owing to a lack of P. However, some agroforestry tree species adapted to P-fixing soils may be able to utilize less available P sources and concurrently increase P availability to adjacent crops. Adaptations for enhanced P acquisition from P-fixing soils include exudati...
