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Plant Anchorage

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Together with water and nutrient absorption, a major function of roots is to anchor plants. This chapter is dedicated to methods used for studying root systems when considering this particular function.

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  1. School of Biological Sciences, The University of Manchester, 3.614 Stopford Building, Oxford Road, Manchester, M13 9PT, UK

    A. R. Ennos

  2. INRA, Domaine de la Grande Ferrade, B.P. 81, 71 Av. Ed. Bourleaux, 33883, Villenave d’Ornon Cédex, France

    S. Pellerin

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Editors and Affiliations

  1. Plant Research International (Wageningen UR), Postbus 16, 6700 AA, Wageningen, The Netherlands

    Albert L. Smit  & Siebe C. van de Geijn  & 

  2. Scottish Crop Research Institute (SCRI) Invergowie, DD2 5DA, Dundee, UK

    A. Glyn Bengough

  3. Institute of Geosciences, Department of Agroecology, University of Bayreuth, 95440, Bayreuth, Germany

    Christof Engels

  4. ICRAF, JI CIFOR, PO Box 161, Situ Gede Sindang Barang Bogor 16680, 16001, Bogor, Indonesia

    Meine van Noordwijk

  5. INRA, 71 Avenue Edouard Bourleaux, B.P. 81, 33883, Villenave d’Ornon, France

    Sylvain Pellerin

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Ennos, A.R., Pellerin, S. (2000). Plant Anchorage. In: Smit, A.L., Bengough, A.G., Engels, C., van Noordwijk, M., Pellerin, S., van de Geijn, S.C. (eds) Root Methods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04188-8_16

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