Plant exudates improve the mechanical conditions for root penetration through compacted soils

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

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

Artificial macropores attract crop roots and enhance plant productivity on compacted soils

(2017) Tino Colombi et al.   SCIENCE OF THE TOTAL ENVIRONMENT

A new model for root growth in soil with macropores

(2016) Magdalena Landl et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Mineral protection of soil carbon counteracted by root exudates

(2015) Marco Keiluweit et al.   Nature Climate Change

A comparison of four instruments for measuring the effects of organic matter on the strength of compacted agricultural soils

(2014) Edwin I. Ekwue et al.   BIOSYSTEMS ENGINEERING

Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils

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

The effect of natural seed coatings of Capsella bursa-pastoris L. Medik. (shepherd’s purse) on soil-water retention, stability and hydraulic conductivity

(2014) Wenni Deng et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Coarse and fine root plants affect pore size distributions differently

(2014) G. Bodner et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Nonequilibrium water dynamics in the rhizosphere: How mucilage affects water flow in soils

(2014) Eva Kroener et al.   WATER RESOURCES RESEARCH

Reduced root water uptake after drying and rewetting

(2013) Mohsen Zarebanadkouki et al.   JOURNAL OF PLANT NUTRITION AND SOIL SCIENCE

Root and time dependent soil structure formation and its influence on gas transport in the subsoil

(2013) Daniel Uteau et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Plasticity of rhizosphere hydraulic properties as a key for efficient utilization of scarce resources

(2012) Andrea Carminati et al.   ANNALS OF BOTANY

Estimating root-soil contact from 3D X-ray microtomographs

(2012) S. Schmidt et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

An interdisciplinary approach towards improved understanding of soil deformation during compaction

(2012) T. Keller et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH

Is the Rhizosphere Temporarily Water Repellent?

(2012) Ahmad B. Moradi et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Physical response of rigid and non-rigid soils to analogues of biological exudates

(2011) X. Peng et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Developing X-ray Computed Tomography to non-invasively image 3-D root systems architecture in soil

(2011) S. J. Mooney et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

How the Rhizosphere May Favor Water Availability to Roots

(2011) Andrea Carminati et al.   VADOSE ZONE JOURNAL

Root elongation, water stress, and mechanical impedance: a review of limiting stresses and beneficial root tip traits

(2010) A. Glyn Bengough et al.   JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL BOTANY

Influence of grazing on hydraulic and mechanical properties of semiarid steppe soils under different vegetation type in Inner Mongolia, China

(2010) Agnieszka Reszkowska et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Dynamics of soil water content in the rhizosphere

(2010) Andrea Carminati et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Rheological stabilization of wet soils by model root and fungal exudates depends on clay mineralogy

(2009) P. Barré et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Carbon flow in the rhizosphere: carbon trading at the soil–root interface

(2009) D. L. Jones et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Increase in the fracture toughness and bond energy of clay by a root exudate

(2008) B. Zhang et al.   EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF SOIL SCIENCE

Phosphorus acquisition characteristics of cotton (Gossypium hirsutum L.), wheat (Triticum aestivum L.) and white lupin (Lupinus albus L.) under P deficient conditions

(2008) X. Wang et al.   PLANT AND SOIL

Effects of additions of organic matter on the penetration resistance of glacial till for the entire water tension range

(2008) Oliver Stock et al.   SOIL & TILLAGE RESEARCH