The Supporting Roots of Trees and Woody Plants: Form, Function and Physiology

Front Matter....Pages i-ix
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
The development of symmetry, rigidity and anchorage in the structural root system of conifers....Pages 3-17
Strain distribution during anchorage failure of Pinus pinaster Ait. at different ages and tree growth response to wind-induced root movement....Pages 19-29
Root deformation in plantations of container-grown Scots pine trees: effects on root growth, tree stability and stem straightness....Pages 31-39
Root strength, growth, and rates of decay: root reinforcement changes of two tree species and their contribution to slope stability....Pages 41-49
A study on the adaptability mechanism of tree roots on steep slopes....Pages 51-57
Front Matter....Pages 59-59
Structural root architecture of 5-year-old Pinus pinaster measured by 3D digitising and analysed with AMAPmod....Pages 61-75
Genetics of root architecture in 1-year-old Pinus pinaster measured with the WinRHIZO image analysis system: preliminary results....Pages 77-81
Root architecture, early development and basal sweep in containerized and bare-rooted Douglas fir ( Pseudotsuga menziesii )....Pages 83-96
The effect of cultivation technique on root and shoot biomass production by young Sitka spruce ( Picea sitchensis (Bong.) Carr.) trees on surface water gley soils....Pages 97-108
Influence of cultivation method on root grafting in Norway spruce ( Picea abies (L.) Karst.)....Pages 109-118
Front Matter....Pages 119-119
Comparison of radial increment and volume growth in stems and roots of Quercus petraea ....Pages 121-130
Tree root system enhancement with paclobutrazol....Pages 131-135
Clonal strategies of a woody weed: Melia azedarach ....Pages 137-143
Clonal variation in above- and below-ground growth responses of Populus tremuloides Michaux: Influence of soil warming and nutrient availability....Pages 145-156
Above- and below-ground growth of white spruce seedlings with roots divided into different substrates with or without controlled-release fertilizer....Pages 157-169
Heritability of first-order lateral root number in Quercus : implication for artificial regeneration of stands....Pages 171-178
Root-infecting fungi associated with a decline of longleaf pine in the southeastern United States....Pages 179-184
Front Matter....Pages 185-185
Why model root system architecture?....Pages 187-194
A model simulating interactions between plant shoot and root architecture in a non-homogeneous environment....Pages 195-207
Why are laterals less affected than main axes by homogeneous unfavourable physical conditions? A model-based hypothesis....Pages 209-215
Front Matter....Pages 217-217
The effects of wind speed and direction on radial growth of structural roots....Pages 219-225
Responses of sap flow rate along tree stem and coarse root radii to changes of water supply....Pages 227-238
Water conductance and osmotic potential of papaya ( Carica papaya L.) roots as influenced by drought....Pages 239-244
Effect of water stress on root meristems in woody and herbaceous plants during the first stage of development....Pages 245-258
Influence of soil temperature on root freezing tolerance of Scots pine ( Pinus sylvestris L.) seedlings....Pages 259-267
Sucrose metabolism, growth and transplanting stress in sweetgum seedling taproots and stems....Pages 269-276
Front Matter....Pages 277-277
A method for predicting the possible site of failure in trees during mechanical loading....Pages 279-285
Review of in situ shear tests on root reinforced soil....Pages 287-294
An experimental study on the mechanical behaviour of the maize root system: analysis of the soil/root bond and determination of rigidity modulus....Pages 295-304
Distribution of Armillaria on pear root systems and a comparison of root excavation techniques....Pages 305-311
An approach to minirhizotron root image analysis....Pages 313-323
Front Matter....Pages 325-334
Adaptive tactics and characteristics of tree fine roots....Pages 335-335
Pine root structure and its potential significance for root function....Pages 337-346
Tracheids in white spruce seedling’s long lateral roots in response to nitrogen availability....Pages 347-355
The efficiency of the water conducting system of tomato roots....Pages 357-370
Root structure and arbuscular mycorrhizal colonization of the palm Serenoa repens under field conditions....Pages 371-375
Is maintenance respiration in roots a constant?....Pages 377-389
Is the root system the key to higher nitrogen uptake in rapeseed?....Pages 391-396
Effects of liming on rhizosphere chemistry and growth of fine roots and of shoots of sessile oak ( Quercus petraea )....Pages 397-404
Front Matter....Pages 405-417
A new approach to the investigation on the tonogenic groups of root cell walls....Pages 335-335
Back Matter....Pages 419-426
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