Claim · model-written summary
Tap-rooted species exhibited a more integrated and architecturally constrained belowground system than adventitious-rooted species.
- Taxon
- Tap-rooted speciese1
- Outcome
- belowground systeme1
- Direction
- more integrated and architecturally constrainede1
- Comparator
- adventitious-rooted speciese1
Not reportedMaterialGeneCompoundOrgan / stageInteractorInteractor roleSecond interactorSecond interactor roleTreatmentSettingValueQualifier
Verbatim
t0“perennial herbs”
e1“Tap-rooted species exhibited a more integrated and architecturally constrained belowground system than adventitious-rooted species”
Title
Root architecture and fine‐root economic traits in tap‐ and adventitious‐rooted perennial herbs
Cristian D. Torres; Pirén López‐Alaniz; Amaru Magnin; et al. New Phytologist 2026. doi:10.1111/nph.71079
Other claims from this paper (6)
- Observation Variation in fine-root dry-matter content and specific root length was stronger among species than between architectural groups.
- Association Only in tap-rooted plants, lower specific root length was related to development of thicker and more branched second-order roots.
- Association Fine-root dry-matter content was positively related to the belowground mass fraction in tap-rooted plants.
- Association Fine-root dry-matter content was negatively related to the belowground mass fraction in adventitious-rooted plants.
- Association At root-module scale, fine-root diameter was more variable and more related to the structure of exploratory roots in tap-rooted species.
- Mechanism The authors suggest that belowground architecture of coarse-root systems constrains fine-root functional strategies.