ArticlePlant and soil2020
Significance of root hairs at the field scale - modelling root water and phosphorus uptake under different field conditions.
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- SPIRRIG is required for BRICK1 stability and salt stress induced root hair developmental plasticity in Arabidopsis.Stress biology · 2024Article
- Root hair developmental regulators orchestrate drought triggered microbiome changes and the interaction with beneficial Rhizobiaceae.Nature communications · 2024Article
- Actin-depolymerizing factors 8 and 11 promote root hair elongation at high pH.Plant communications · 2024Article
- Microplastic contamination in the agricultural soil-mitigation strategies, heavy metals contamination, and impact on human health: a review.Plant cell reports · 2024Review
- Genetic dissection of root architectural plasticity and identification of candidate loci in response to drought stress in bread wheat.BMC genomic data · 2023Article
- Association of Root Hair Length and Density with Yield-Related Traits and Expression Patterns ofPlants (Basel, Switzerland) · 2022Article
- Selection for early shoot vigour in wheat increases root hair length but reduces epidermal cell size of roots and leaves.Journal of experimental botany · 2022Article
- Spatial and temporal localization of SPIRRIG and WAVE/SCAR reveal roles for these proteins in actin-mediated root hair development.The Plant cell · 2021Article
- Significance of root hairs for plant performance under contrasting field conditions and water deficit.Annals of botany · 2021Article
- Overcoming the Challenges to Enhancing Experimental Plant Biology With Computational Modeling.Frontiers in plant science · 2021Review
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Abstract
abstractBACKGROUND AND
aimsRoot hairs play a significant role in phosphorus (P) extraction at the pore scale. However, their importance at the field scale remains poorly understood.
methodsThis study uses a continuum model to explore the impact of root hairs on the large-scale uptake of P, comparing root hair influence under different agricultural scenarios. High vs low and constant vs decaying P concentrations down the soil profile are considered, along with early vs late precipitation scenarios.
resultsSimulation results suggest root hairs accounted for 50% of total P uptake by plants. Furthermore, a delayed initiation time of precipitation potentially limits the P uptake rate by over 50% depending on the growth period. Despite the large differences in the uptake rate, changes in the soil P concentration in the domain due to root solute uptake remains marginal when considering a single growth season. However, over the duration of 6 years, simulation results showed that noticeable differences arise over time.
conclusionRoot hairs are critical to P capture, with uptake efficiency potentially enhanced by coordinating irrigation with P application during earlier growth stages of crops.
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