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Leucaena leucocephala had the highest average root diameter.

Taxon: Leucaena leucocephalaLeucaena leucocephalae4
Outcome: average of root diametere4
Direction: higheste4

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“Leucaena leucocephala had the highest average of root diameter”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 981–1043

Title

Soil-root Shear Strength Properties of Some Slope Plants

Normaniza Osman https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Faisal_Ali17/publication/235439077_Soil-root_Shear_Strength_Properties_of_Some_Slope_Plants/links/54581e6d0cf2cf51648226e6.pdf?origin%3Dpublication_detail 2011

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Average root diameter was largest under NPKM.

Taxon: SoybeanGlycine maxt0
Treatment: NPKMe0
Outcome: average root diametere0
Direction: largeste0

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“average root diameter was the largest in NPKM”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 579–624

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“Soybean”
✓ located verbatim in the source · title, characters 71–78

Title

Effects of Long-term Fertilization on Root Phenotype and Nodulation of Soybean

Xiaozeng Han Dadou kexue 2011

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Observation Root length, surface and volume followed similar trends and peaked at podding.
Intervention effect Root length and surface were larger with NPK and NP than other fertilizer treatments.
Observation Root dry biomass showed a single peak over growth stages.
Intervention effect Root dry biomass did not differ significantly among fertilization treatments.
Intervention effect From fifth leaf to filling stage, root-to-shoot ratio in CK was lower than NPK.
Intervention effect From fifth leaf to filling stage, root-to-shoot ratio in PK was lower than NPK.
Mechanism Nitrogen was interpreted to promote soybean root growth.
Intervention effect Nodule number and weight were lower under NK.
Intervention effect Nodule number and weight were higher under PK than other treatments.
Mechanism The authors inferred that sufficient nitrogen as NK inhibited nodule primordium development and nodule growth.

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Compaction increased average root diameter.

Taxon: EucalyptusEucalyptust0
Treatment: Soil compactione1
Outcome: average root diametere0
Direction: increasede0

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“increased average root diameter”
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“Soil compaction reduced root growth”
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“Eucalyptus”
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Title

Eucalyptus growth and phosphorus nutritional efficiency as affected by soil compaction and phosphorus fertilization

Sérgio Ricardo Silva; Nairam Félix de Barros; Roberto Ferreira de Novais; et al. Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis 2018. doi:10.1080/00103624.2018.1538372

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Intervention effect Compaction reduced root growth and plant phosphorus content and utilization and recovery efficiency.
Intervention effect Phosphorus fertilization increased root length density, root surface area and dry matter.
Intervention effect Phosphorus fertilization increased plant phosphorus content and phosphorus utilization and uptake efficiency.
Intervention effect Phosphorus fertilization decreased phosphorus recovery efficiency.
Intervention effect Phosphorus fertilization did not offset compaction harms to growth and nutrition.

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Increasing agar concentration increased average root diameter and root number.

Outcome: average root diameter and root numbere0
Direction: increasede0

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“average root diameter and root number increased”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 838–885

Title

Effects of different media and culture conditions on rooting in vitro of test-tube plantlets of Vitis vinifera L.

Ziyi Cao Gansu Nongye Daxue xuebao 2006

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Observation The optimum sucrose concentration for rooting was 15–20 g/L.
Observation Higher pH reduced root number and average root length.
Observation Higher pH increased root diameter and root-shoot ratio.
Observation Higher agar concentration delayed production of root primordia.
Observation Increasing agar concentration decreased average root length and root-shoot ratio.
Observation Root number did not differ significantly among three temperature treatments.
Observation Average root diameter decreased slightly as temperature increased.
Observation Average root length and root-shoot ratio initially increased with temperature, then decreased at 35 ℃.
Observation Increasing light intensity increased root number, length, diameter, and root-shoot ratio.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultnegativemeasured

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Rising Al concentrations increased average root diameter.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivumt0
Treatment: Al 3+e1
Outcome: average root diametere0
Direction: increasinge0

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“while increasing average root diameter”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1230–1268

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“wheat”
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“Increasing Al 3+ concentrations reduced total root length”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1121–1178

Title

Root architectural traits as phenotypic markers of aluminum tolerance in wheat

Márcio Renan Weber Schorr; Anderson César Ramos Marques; Júlia Gomes Farias; et al. Journal of Environmental Quality 2026. doi:10.1002/jeq2.70143

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Observation IAC‐5 had the highest Al tolerance among cultivars.
Intervention effect IAC‐5 shoot dry weight declined only 1.4% at 150 µM versus 0 µM Al.
Intervention effect IAC‐5 foliar area declined only 13.9% at 150 µM versus 0 µM Al.
Intervention effect Anahuac shoot and root growth declined approximately 50%.
Intervention effect Quartzo shoot and root growth declined approximately 50%.
Observation Anahuac was the most Al sensitive cultivar.
Intervention effect Rising Al concentrations reduced total root length, forks and thin-root proportion.
Observation Root thickening was strongest in sensitive cultivars and first- and second-order laterals.
Association Al tolerance was associated with sustained root emission and elongation, especially lateral roots.
Method / resource RSA traits provide rapid phenotyping for Al-tolerant wheat genotypes.

Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultpositivemeasured

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Reinoculation improved average root diameter and root surface area.

Treatment: re-inoculatione0
Outcome: average root diameter, and root surface areae0
Direction: improvede0

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“We found re-inoculation improved the mycorrhizal colonization, average root diameter, and root surface area.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 749–857

Title

A mycorrhizal inoculation strategy that improves the morphology of biofilter plants

Kanglin Tian; Anna Lintern; Yussi M. Palacios; et al. Blue-Green Systems 2024. doi:10.2166/bgs.2024.025

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Intervention effect Reinoculation improved mycorrhizal colonization.
Intervention effect Reinoculated Juncus pallidus had six times longer thick roots than control.
Intervention effect Reinoculation did not affect root traits in Ficinia nodosa.
Intervention effect Reinoculation did not affect root traits in Gahnia sieberiana.

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Root system hydraulic conductivity correlated positively with root average diameter.

Taxon: wheatTriticum aestivume1
Organ / stage: roote0
Outcome: root average diametere0
Direction: positively correlatede0

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“positively correlated with hydraulic conductivity of single roots, whole plant biomass, root average diameter, and root growth (length, area)”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 956–1097

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“wheat root system”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 848–865

Title

Changes in Root Hydraulic Conductivity During Wheat Evolution

Chang‐Xing ZHAO; Xi‐Ping DENG; Lun SHAN; et al. Journal of Integrative Plant Biology 2005. doi:10.1111/j.1744-7909.2005.00043.x

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Intervention effectobservedoriginal resultno effectmeasured

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Nitrogen form had little impact on average root diameter.

Taxon: alfalfaMedicago sativat0
Outcome: root average diametere0
Direction: not largee0

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“alfalfa”
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“The impact on root average diameter was not large.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1057–1107

Title

Effects of exogenous nitrogen forms on root characteristics of alfalfa at different growth stages

Xiao Liu Acta Pratacultural Science 2015

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At 8 mm root diameter, average seedling basal diameter reached 0.77-0.95cm.

Taxon: kiwifruitActinidia deliciosat0
Outcome: average basal diameter of root cutting seedlingse0
Value: 0.77-0.95cme0
Qualifier: 8 mme0

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“When the root diameter was 8 mm, the average basal diameter of root cutting seedlings could reach 0.77-0.95cm.”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1689–1799

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“kiwifruit”
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Title

Experiment of root cutting seedling of kiwifruit

Gong Hong-jua Nanfang nongye xuebao 2013

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Intervention effect Vertical level covering produced 97.93% emergence, significantly different from horizontal covering and seed emergence.
Intervention effect Vertical exposing the topsoil produced 90.00% emergence, significantly different from horizontal covering and seed emergence.
Intervention effect Vertical covering produced 78.00% emergence, significantly different from horizontal covering and seed emergence.
Intervention effect Annual root cutting seedlings had significantly greater basal diameter than natural propagation seedlings.
Intervention effect Other covering treatments showed no obvious difference.
Association Root length and diameter interacted in their effect on emergence rate.
Observation Except 1A and 1B, treatments had seedling emergence rates greater than 85%.
Association At 2 mm root diameter, longer root cuttings had higher emergence.
Association Root length and diameter significantly affected basal diameter of root cutting seedlings.
Observation Apart from 1A, 1B and 2B, basal diameter exceeded 0.6 cm.
Association At the same root length, larger diameter cuttings produced larger basal diameter.
Recommendation The authors recommend root cutting as an excellent method for kiwifruit rootstock seedling breeding.

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Nitrogen alone increased average seedling root diameter.

Taxon: seedlinge1
Organ / stage: roote0
Treatment: single nitrogen additione0
Outcome: average root diametere0
Direction: increasee0

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“single nitrogen addition promotes an increase in the average root diameter”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 1024–1098

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“traits of seedling roots”
✓ located verbatim in the source · abstract, characters 564–588

Title

Adaptation Strategies of Seedling Root Response to Nitrogen and Phosphorus Addition

Xing Jin; Jing Zhu; Xin Wei; et al. Plants 2024. doi:10.3390/plants13040536

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Intervention effect Phosphorus addition increased seedling root specific length, surface area, and phosphorus content.
Intervention effect Combined nitrogen and phosphorus addition increased seedling root specific length, surface area, and phosphorus content.
Intervention effect Under non-nitrogen phosphorus addition, seedling roots tended toward a conservative resource-use strategy.
Intervention effect Under nitrogen alone, seedling roots tended toward a conservative resource-use strategy at low phosphorus.
Intervention effect Under phosphorus alone, seedling roots adopted an acquisitive resource-use strategy.
Intervention effect Under combined phosphorus and nitrogen, seedling roots adopted an acquisitive resource-use strategy.
Recommendation The authors conclude that suitable nitrogen or phosphorus additions can regulate seedling root adaptation and promote natural regeneration.

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