Claim · model-written summary
Root tensile strength varied from below 0.1 to 65 MPa among four tree species.
- Taxon
- Pometia tomentosa, Barringtonia fusicarpa, Baccaurea ramiflora and Pittosporopsis kerriiBarringtonia fusicarpa
Pometia pinnata
Baccaurea ramifloraPittosporopsis kerriie1 - Outcome
- Tre0
- Value
- <0.1-65 MPae0
- Setting
- Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, Chinae1
Verbatim
e0“Mechanical traits varied enormously among the four species within a narrow range of diameters (<2 mm): <0.1-65 MPa for Tr, 4-1135 MPa for Er and 0.4-37 % for εr”
e1“four tropical tree species Pometia tomentosa, Barringtonia fusicarpa, Baccaurea ramiflora and Pittosporopsis kerrii in Xishuangbanna, Yunnan, China”
Title
Mechanical traits of fine roots as a function of topology and anatomy
Zhun Mao; Yan Wang; M Luke McCormack; et al. Annals of Botany 2018. doi:10.1093/aob/mcy076
Other claims from this paper (5)
- Observation Root modulus of elasticity varied from 4 to 1135 MPa.
- Observation Root tensile strain varied from 0.4 to 37%.
- Association Root tensile strength correlated strongly with stele area ratio across species.
- Association Root elasticity correlated strongly with stele area ratio across species.
- Association Stele area ratio correlated more strongly with topological order than root diameter, especially among species.