1. Preface

   Selected Papers from Structure and Function of Roots Pages: iii - iii

2. Pathways and processes of water and nutrient movement in roots

   • M. E. McCully
   • M. J. Canny

   OriginalPaper Pages: 159 - 170

3. Effects of K⁺ status and phytohormones on K⁺ transport in wheat

   • L. Erdel
   • M. R. Dhakal

   OriginalPaper Pages: 171 - 175

4. The role of maize root tissues in sulphate absorption and radial transport

   • Margita Holobradá
   • Stefan Kubica

   OriginalPaper Pages: 177 - 181

5. Effect of light intensity on root growth, mycorrhizal infection and phosphate uptake in onion (Allium cepa L.)

   • C. L. Son
   • F. A. Smith
   • S. E. Smith

   OriginalPaper Pages: 183 - 186

6. The participation of the primary maize root on the assimilation of NH ₄ ⁺ ions

   • Miroslava Luxová

   OriginalPaper Pages: 187 - 189

7. A simulation model of root and shoot growth at different levels of nitrogen availability

   • Louise Spek
   • Marcel Van Oijen

   OriginalPaper Pages: 191 - 197

8. The relationship between phosphate absorption and root length in nine wheat cultivars

   • W. Römer
   • J. Augustin
   • G. Schilling

   OriginalPaper Pages: 199 - 201

9. Characteristics of NO ₃ ⁻ uptake in lemna and pisum

   • P. Oscarson
   • B. Ingemarsson
   • C. -M. Larsson

   OriginalPaper Pages: 203 - 205

10. Variation in the rate of root respiration of twoCarex species: A comparison of four related methods to determine the energy requirements for growth, maintenance and ion uptake

    • Hans Lambers
    • Adrie van der Werf

    OriginalPaper Pages: 207 - 211

11. A biophysical model for water movement in roots: Root exudation and root pressure

    • Kiyoshi Katou
    • Takehide Taura
    • Muneyoshi Furumoto

    OriginalPaper Pages: 213 - 216

12. Plant root water extraction studies using stable isotopes

    • F. N. Dalton

    OriginalPaper Pages: 217 - 221

13. Rectification of radial water flow in the hypodermis of nodal roots ofZea mays

    • M. G. T. Shone
    • D. T. Clarkson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 223 - 229

14. Effects of internal and external cytokinin concentrations on root growth and shoot to root ratio ofPlantago major sspPleiosperma at different nutrient conditions

    • Daan Kuiper
    • Jacqueline Schuit
    • Pieter J. C. Kuiper

    OriginalPaper Pages: 231 - 236

15. Shoot/root ratio during the early heterotrophic growth of barley as influenced by mineral nutrition

    • Lubomír Nátr

    OriginalPaper Pages: 237 - 240

16. Nitrogen and carbon utilization in shoots and roots of nitrogen-limited Pisum

    • Paulo Duarte
    • Petter Oscarson
    • Carl-Magnus Larsson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 241 - 244

17. The effect of shoot-root ratio and temperature on K⁺ influx in rye

    • Philip J. White
    • Michael J. Earnshaw
    • David T. Clarkson

    OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 248

18. Root functioning under stress conditions: An introduction

    • Pieter J. C. Kuiper
    • Daan Kuiper
    • Jacqueline Schuit

    OriginalPaper Pages: 249 - 253

19. Quantification of air-filled root porosity: A comparison of two methods

    • M. Van Noordwijk
    • G. Brouwer

    OriginalPaper Pages: 255 - 258

20. Influence of oxygen deficiency on growth and function of plant roots

    • B. W. Veen

    OriginalPaper Pages: 259 - 266

21. Effects of soil temperature and water on maize root growth

    • S. A. Barber
    • A. D. Mackay
    • P. B. Barraclough

    OriginalPaper Pages: 267 - 269

22. Changes in the osmotic potential of the root as a factor in the decrease in the root-shoot ratio ofZea mays plants under water stress

    • Peter M. Schildwacht

    OriginalPaper Pages: 271 - 275

23. Physiological responses of lupin roots to soil compaction

    • B. J. Atwell

    OriginalPaper Pages: 277 - 281

24. Growth, root respiration and phosphorus utilization of normal andAgrobacterium rhizogenes transformed potato plants

    • S. C. Van de Geijn
    • J. Helder
    • Ch. H. Hänisch ten Cate

    OriginalPaper Pages: 283 - 288