Roots and Root Function: Introduction

descriptionPublicationkeyboard_double_arrow_right Article 01 Aug 2008 English Publisher:WileyJournal:Vadose Zone Journal, volume 7, pages 1,008-1,009 (issn: 1539-1663, eissn: 1539-1663,

Authors: Peter J. Shouse; Todd H. Skaggs;

doi: 10.2136/vzj2008.0076

Roots and Root Function: Introduction

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Eleven years ago, in a review article, [Clothier and Green (1997)][1] assessed the hydrologic budget at the land surface and pronounced that plant roots are “the big movers of water and chemical” in the vadose zone. That assessment seems fair considering that all transpiration begins with the

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