Plant roots redesign the rhizosphere to alter the three-dimensional physical architecture and water dynamics

Plant exudates may stabilize or weaken soil depending on species, origin and time

(2017) M. Naveed et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

High-resolution synchrotron imaging shows that root hairs influence rhizosphere soil structure formation

(2017) Nicolai Koebernick et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Unwrapping the rhizosheath

(2017) Jiayin Pang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

The rhizosheath – a potential trait for future agricultural sustainability occurs in orders throughout the angiosperms

(2017) Lawrie K. Brown et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface

(2017) Andrea Carminati et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

An image processing and analysis tool for identifying and analysing complex plant root systems in 3D soil using non-destructive analysis: Root1

(2017) Richard J. Flavel et al.   PLoS One

Shoot traits and their relevance in terminal drought tolerance of chickpea ( Cicer arietinum L.)

(2016) Purushothaman Ramamoorthy et al.   FIELD CROPS RESEARCH

Assessing the influence of the rhizosphere on soil hydraulic properties using X-ray computed tomography and numerical modelling

(2015) Keith R. Daly et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Aggregate hierarchy and carbon mineralization in two Oxisols of New South Wales, Australia

(2015) S.M.Fazle Rabbi et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils

(2014) Mutez A. Ahmed et al.   FUNCTIONAL PLANT BIOLOGY

Root anatomical phenes associated with water acquisition from drying soil: targets for crop improvement

(2014) Jonathan P. Lynch et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Understanding the genetic control and physiological traits associated with rhizosheath production by barley (Hordeum vulgare)

(2014) Timothy S. George et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Plant roots use a patterning mechanism to position lateral root branches toward available water

(2014) Y. Bao et al.   PROCEEDINGS OF THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF SCIENCES OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

How do roots elongate in a structured soil?

(2013) Kemo Jin et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

High resolution synchrotron imaging of wheat root hairs growing in soil and image based modelling of phosphate uptake

(2013) Samuel D. Keyes et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

Root hair length and rhizosheath mass depend on soil porosity, strength and water content in barley genotypes

(2013) Rebecca E. Haling et al.   PLANTA

Rhizosphere wettability decreases with root age: a problem or a strategy to increase water uptake of young roots?

(2013) Andrea Carminati   Frontiers in Plant Science

Fiji: an open-source platform for biological-image analysis

(2012) Johannes Schindelin et al.   NATURE METHODS

Aluminium tolerance of root hairs underlies genotypic differences in rhizosheath size of wheat (Triticum aestivum) grown on acid soil

(2012) Emmanuel Delhaize et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST

A Model of Root Water Uptake Coupled with Rhizosphere Dynamics

(2012) A. Carminati   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Water Dynamics of the Root Zone: Rhizosphere Biophysics and Its Control on Soil Hydrology

(2012) A.G. Bengough   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Scales in single root water uptake models: a review, analysis and synthesis

(2011) K. Metselaar et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Three-dimensional visualization and quantification of water content in the rhizosphere

(2011) Ahmad B. Moradi et al.   NEW PHYTOLOGIST