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The Control of Carbon Acquisition by and Growth of Roots

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Root Ecology

Part of the book series: Ecological Studies ((ECOLSTUD,volume 168))

Abstract

What controls the rate of growth of roots? Behind this deceptively simple question lie a very complex set of processes within the plant and a wide range of environmental variables that affect root growth. To begin to answer it, we will simplify by making the assumption that the question is nearly the same as this: what controls the rate of net acquisition of carbon by roots? A consideration of the gross fluxes of carbon (C) that together constitute the net flux into a root (Table 4.1) is thus central to our argument.

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Farrar, J.F., Jones, D.L. (2003). The Control of Carbon Acquisition by and Growth of Roots. In: de Kroon, H., Visser, E.J.W. (eds) Root Ecology. Ecological Studies, vol 168. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-09784-7_4

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