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Root Surface Anatomy

Root Surface Anatomy is a morphological construct that characterizes the external structural features and topographic organization of plant root surfaces at microscopic and macroscopic levels, distinguishing it from internal anatomical systems by focusing exclusively on epidermal configurations, root hair distribution, and surface irregularities relevant to absorption, anchorage, and rhizosphere interactions.

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2017–2026

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Publications

145

The thermal structure and thickness of continental roots

Claude Jaupart, J. Mareschal · Lithos · 1999 · 309 citations

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Functional significance of root morphology and root system architecture

A. H. Fitter · 1985 · 235 citations

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The Production of a Root Surface Smear Layer by Instrumentation and its Removal by Citric Acid

Alan M. Polson, G. Thomas Frederick, Stephen Ladenheim et al. · Journal of Periodontology · 1984 · 233 citations

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Competing root systems: morphology and models of absorption

M. M. Caldwell, J. H. Richards · 1986 · 221 citations

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Root hairs: Specialized tubular cells extending root surfaces

R. L. Peterson, Melissa Farquhar · The Botanical Review · 1996 · 200 citations

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Authors

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  1. ME
    M. E. McCully

    Carleton University, Canada

    6 publications · 161 citations

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  2. RA
    Rukmal Abeysekera

    University of York, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 58 citations

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  3. HF
    Huw F. Thomas

    The University of Texas at San Antonio Health Science Center, United States

    2 publications · 110 citations

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  4. HW
    Harry Wheeler

    Louisiana State University, United States

    2 publications · 30 citations

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  5. GS
    George S. Ellmore

    Tufts University, United States

    2 publications · 71 citations

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Institutions

136

  1. University of Waterloo

    Waterloo, Canada

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    516 citations

  2. Universidade Estadual Paulista (Unesp)

    São Paulo, Brazil

    4 h-index

    10 publications

    282 citations

  3. Carleton University

    Ottawa, Canada

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    146 citations

  4. University of Pennsylvania

    Philadelphia, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    490 citations

  5. University of Bonn

    Bonn, Germany

    3 h-index

    11 publications

    698 citations

  6. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    81 citations

  7. The Ohio State University

    Columbus, United States

    3 h-index

    6 publications

    200 citations

  8. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    3 h-index

    5 publications

    217 citations

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  1. American Journal of Botany

    9 publications · 279 citations

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  2. Annals of Botany

    8 publications · 270 citations

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  3. Canadian Journal of Botany

    8 publications · 275 citations

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  4. Journal of Periodontology

    7 publications · 507 citations

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  5. Plant and Soil

    6 publications · 310 citations

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