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Root Function

Root Function is a theoretical construct in plant biology that specifies the primary physiological and structural roles of roots, such as anchorage, nutrient absorption, and water uptake, distinguishing it from other organ-level functions by its focus on below-ground subsystems essential to plant survival and growth.

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Plant roots. The hidden half

Peter W. Barlow, David-Chukwu Nkiruka Phil · Environmental and Experimental Botany · 1992 · 1.1K citations

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The Plant Root and its Environment

J. M. Soileau · Soil Science Society of America Journal · 1974 · 939 citations

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The development and function of roots

M.J. Wren · Physiological Plant Pathology · 1976 · 851 citations

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Plant root growth, architecture and function

Angela Hodge, Graziella Berta, Claude Doussan et al. · Plant and Soil · 2009 · 796 citations

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Adaptation of Root Function by Nutrient-Induced Plasticity of Endodermal Differentiation

Marie Barberon, Joop E. M. Vermeer, Damien De Bellis et al. · Cell · 2016 · 630 citations · Full text

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    David M. Eissenstat

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    10 publications · 1.6K citations

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  2. TK
    Taek-Jun Kwon

    University of Southern California, United States

    4 publications · 108 citations

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  3. MZ
    Marcin Zadworny

    Institute of Dendrology, Poland

    4 publications · 325 citations

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    Joanna Mucha

    Institute of Dendrology, Poland

    3 publications · 138 citations

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  5. JP
    Jonathan P. Lynch

    Pennsylvania State University, United States

    3 publications · 591 citations

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Institutions

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  1. Pennsylvania State University

    State College, United States

    15 h-index

    54 publications

    8.6K citations

  2. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    10 h-index

    29 publications

    4K citations

  3. University of Copenhagen

    Copenhagen, Denmark

    7 h-index

    23 publications

    953 citations

  4. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    7 h-index

    26 publications

    1.6K citations

  5. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    7 h-index

    15 publications

    871 citations

  6. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    5 h-index

    14 publications

    454 citations

  7. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    5 h-index

    12 publications

    2.8K citations

  8. University of Minnesota

    Minneapolis, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    835 citations

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  1. Plant and Soil

    20 publications · 1.7K citations

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  2. New Phytologist

    18 publications · 2.2K citations

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  3. PLANT PHYSIOLOGY

    10 publications · 693 citations

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  4. Journal of Experimental Botany

    JXB · 9 publications · 442 citations

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  5. Annals of Botany

    9 publications · 1.4K citations

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