Aims Variability in the capacity of tree root anchorage

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Evidence profile

Sourced from the abstract and future-work section and stated research gap of the source papers, classified as general, drawn from work published between 2024 and 2025, spanning 3 journals. Those papers have been cited 32 times in total.

Supporting evidence — 4 representative gaps

• Geometrical traits explain the variability in root–soil interaction of complex root architecture systems subjected to overturning (2025) · Plant and Soil · cited 1× · doi

  Abstract Aims Variability in the capacity of tree root anchorage, driven by differences in root system architecture (RSA), is closely associated with root geometrical traits, yet their role in root–soil interaction during overturning remains poorly understood.

  generalabstract
  Keywords: root abstract aims variability capacity tree anchorage driven differences system architecture closely associated geometrical traits
• Shifting patterns in fine root distribution of four xerophytic species across soil structural gradients and years of growth (2024) · Ecology and Evolution · cited 10× · doi

  Abstract Fine root (diameter < 2 mm) distribution influences the potential for resource acquisition in soil profiles, which defines how plants interact with local soil environments; however, a deep understanding of how fine root vertical distribution varies with soil structural variations and across growth years is lacking.

  generalabstractevidence 5/5
  Keywords: soil fine root distribution abstract diameter influences potential resource acquisition profiles defines plants interact local
• Optimizing nitrogen application position to change root distribution in soil and regulate maize growth and yield formation in a wide–narrow row cropping system: pot and field experiments (2024) · Frontiers in Plant Science · cited 10× · doi

  Further study is needed to understand how roots coordinate neighbors and nitrogen spatial heterogeneity, - The trophic behavior of roots deserves further study, - The effects of different nitrogen application positions on root growth and yield composition should be further investigated

  generalfuture-work sectionevidence 5/5
  Keywords: further study needed understand roots coordinate neighbors nitrogen
• Border row effects improved the spatial distributions of maize and peanut roots in an intercropping system, associated with improved yield (2024) · Frontiers in Plant Science · cited 11× · doi

  The effects of intercropping on root spatial distribution are poorly understood. There is a lack of studies on the impact of border row effects on root morphology and yield. The study aims to fill this gap by exploring the effects of intercropping on root spatial distribution.

  generalstated research gapevidence 3/5
  Keywords: effects intercropping root spatial distribution poorly understood there

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