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Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
https://doi.org/10.5194/bg-22-691-2025
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Articles | Volume 22, issue 3
Research article
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06 Feb 2025
Research article |  | 06 Feb 2025

Root growth dynamics and allocation as a response to rapid and local changes in soil moisture

Samuele Ceolin, Stanislaus J. Schymanski, Dagmar van Dusschoten, Robert Koller, and Julian Klaus

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We investigated if and how roots of maize plants respond to multiple abrupt changes in soil moisture. We measured root lengths using a magnetic resonance imaging technique and calculated changes in growth rates after applying water pulses. The root growth rates increased in wetted soil layers within 48 hours and decreased in non-wetted layers, indicating fast adaptation of the root systems to moisture changes. Our findings could improve irrigation management and vegetation models.
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