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The genetic basis of the root economics spectrum in a perennial grass.
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America - 23 Nov 2021
Chen Weile, Wu Yanqi, Fritschi Felix B, Juenger Thomas E
Abstract excerpt
Construction economics of plant roots exhibit predictable relationships with root growth, death, and nutrient uptake strategies. Plant taxa with inexpensively constructed roots tend to more precisely explore nutrient hotspots than do those with costly constructed roots but at the price of more frequent tissue turnover. This trade-off underlies an acquisitive to conservative continuum in resource investment,...
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