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Root-shoot Balance

Root-Shoot Balance is a physiological construct in plant biology that quantifies the proportional allocation of biomass and resource investment between the root system and the aerial shoot system, reflecting the dynamic equilibrium underlying plant architectural development.

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Root-shoot Ratio

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Plant Competition Underground

Brenda B. Casper, Robert B. Jackson · Annual Review of Ecology and Systematics · 1997 · 1.1K citations

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Effects of source‐sink relations on photosynthetic acclimation to elevated CO<sub>2</sub>

W.J. Arp · Plant Cell & Environment · 1991 · 799 citations

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The <i>Arabidopsis</i> SUMO E3 ligase SIZ1 controls phosphate deficiency responses

Kenji Miura, Ana Rus, Altanbadralt Sharkhuu et al. · Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences · 2005 · 598 citations · Full text

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The balanced‐growth hypothesis and the allometry of leaf and root biomass allocation

B. Shipley, Driss Meziane · Functional Ecology · 2002 · 590 citations · Full text

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A Balanced Quantitative Model for Root: Shoot Ratios in Vegetative Plants

J. H. M. Thornley · Annals of Botany · 1972 · 542 citations

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  1. SM
    Simon M. Landhäusser

    University of Alberta, Canada

    7 publications · 534 citations

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  2. JH
    J. H. M. Thornley

    UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology, United Kingdom

    6 publications · 946 citations

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  3. VJ
    Victor J. Lieffers

    University of Alberta, Canada

    6 publications · 518 citations

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  4. AT
    Arthur Troughton

    Aberystwyth University, United Kingdom

    5 publications · 112 citations

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  5. MO
    Mitsuru Osaki

    Hokkaido University, Japan

    5 publications · 208 citations

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  1. Chinese Academy of Sciences

    Beijing, China

    22 h-index

    88 publications

    4.2K citations

  2. Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

    Uppsala, Sweden

    16 h-index

    38 publications

    3.5K citations

  3. Commonwealth Scientific and Industrial Research Organisation

    Canberra, Australia

    12 h-index

    23 publications

    1.8K citations

  4. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    11 h-index

    28 publications

    1.3K citations

  5. The University of Western Australia

    Perth, Australia

    9 h-index

    16 publications

    1.5K citations

  6. Agricultural Research Service

    Washington, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    891 citations

  7. Cornell University

    Ithaca, United States

    9 h-index

    14 publications

    891 citations

  8. Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique

    Rabat, Morocco

    9 h-index

    19 publications

    950 citations

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  1. Annals of Botany

    60 publications · 3.8K citations

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  2. Plant and Soil

    60 publications · 2.9K citations

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  3. Journal of Experimental Botany

    JXB · 33 publications · 2.5K citations

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  4. Physiologia Plantarum

    29 publications · 1.8K citations

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  5. New Phytologist

    26 publications · 1.8K citations

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