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Root biomechanical properties during establishment of woody perennials by Boldrin, D., Leung, A.K., Bengough, A.G.

“…•Root strength, Young’s modulus and diameter of ten woody perennials were tested.•Root strength-diameter relationships often do not follow a negative power…”
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Scaling of the reinforcement of soil slopes by living plants in a geotechnical centrifuge by Liang, T., Bengough, A.G., Knappett, J.A., MuirWood, D., Loades, K.W., Hallett, P.D., Boldrin, D., Leung, A.K., Meijer, G.J.

“…•A tree, a shrub, and a grass were all suitable for use in centrifuge tests.•Two-month-old plants were appropriate for centrifuge testing using live…”
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In situ measurement of root reinforcement using corkscrew extraction method by Meijer, G.J, Bengough, A.G, Knappett, J.A, Loades, K.W, Nicoll, B.C

“…Mechanical root reinforcement is an important parameter to evaluate for stability analysis of rooted slopes. The contribution of roots is however difficult to…”
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Rhizosphere‐Scale Quantification of Hydraulic and Mechanical Properties of Soil Impacted by Root and Seed Exudates by Naveed, M., Brown, L.K., Raffan, A.C., George, T.S., Bengough, A.G., Roose, T., Sinclair, I., Koebernick, N., Cooper, L., Hallett, P.D.

“…Core Ideas We hypothesized that plant exudates gel soil particles and on drying enhance water repellency. This has been carried out using rhizosphere‐scale…”
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Potential of thermal imaging in soil bioengineering to assess plant ability for soil water removal and air cooling by Boldrin, D., Leung, A.K., Bengough, A.G., Jones, H.G.

“…Soil bioengineering uses living vegetation to improve the ecological value and engineering performance of infrastructure slopes. Vegetation can stabilise…”
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Deep rooting and drought screening of cereal crops: A novel field-based method and its application by McKenzie, B.M., Bengough, A.G., Hallett, P.D., Thomas, W.T.B., Forster, B., McNicol, J.W.

“…Lack of water is a major limitation to crop production, particularly where roots of cereal crops are not able to access water stored in the subsoil. One way…”
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Centrifuge modelling of soil slopes containing model plant roots by SONNENBERG, R, BRANSBY, M. F, BENGOUGH, A. G, HALLETT, P. D, DAVIES, M. C. R

“…A series of centrifuge model tests were conducted to investigate the contribution of root reinforcement to slope stability. A compacted sandy clay slope,…”
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Gel observation chamber for rapid screening of root traits in cereal seedlings by Bengough, A.G, Gordon, D.C, Al-Menaie, H, Ellis, R.P, Allan, D, Keith, R, Thomas, W.T.B, Forster, B.P

“…A simple gel chamber is described for measurement of seedling root traits. Seedlings are located between two closely spaced flat layers of transparent gel, on…”
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Desirable leaf traits for hydrological reinforcement of soil by Boldrin, D., Leung, A.K., Bengough, A.G.

“…Vegetation has an important influence on slope hydrology and hence slope stability via plant transpiration. Little is known about the relative merit of…”
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Characterisation of flow paths and saturated conductivity in a soil block in relation to chloride breakthrough by Deeks, L.K., Bengough, A.G., Stutter, M.I., Young, I.M., Zhang, X.X.

“…The nature of flow paths, determined by soil structural features, may greatly influence solute breakthrough in a soil profile. We compared two contrasting…”
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Sloughing of root cap cells decreases the frictional resistance to maize (Zea mays L.) root growth by Bengough, A.G., McKenzie, B.M.

“…Root caps provide a protective layer in front of the meristem that protects the meristem from abrasion by soil particles. The continuous production and…”
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A biophysical analysis of root growth under mechanical stress by Bengough, A.G. (Scottish Crop Research Inst., Dundee (United Kingdom).), Croser, C, Pritchard, J

“…The factors controlling root growth in hard soils are reviewed alongside summarised results from our recent studies. The turgor in cells in the elongation zone…”
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Biomechanics of Plant Roots: estimating Localised Deformation with Particle Image Velocimetry by Hamza, O., Bengough, A.G., Bransby, M.F., Davies, M.C.R., Hallett, P.D.

“…It is very difficult to characterise the mechanical properties of biomaterials such as plant roots because of their heterogeneous properties, irregular shape…”
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Modelling Rooting Depth and Soil Strength in a Drying Soil Profile by Bengough, A.G.

“…A combined root growth and water extraction model is described that simulates the affects of mechanical impedance on root elongation in soil. The model…”
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Penetrometer resistance, root penetration resistance and root elongation rate in two sandy loam soils by BENGOUGH, A.G., MULLINS, C.E.

“…Root penetration resistance and elongation of maize seedling roots were measured directly in undisturbed cores of two sandy loam soils. Root elongation rate…”
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Modifying soil properties with herbaceous plants for natural flood risk-reduction by Boldrin, D., Knappett, J.A., Leung, A.K., Brown, J.L., Loades, K.W., Bengough, A.G.

“…Nature-based solutions to engineering challenges are essential to limit climate change impacts on the urban environment. Quantitative understanding of multiple…”
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Planting density influence on fibrous root reinforcement of soils by Loades, K.W., Bengough, A.G., Bransby, M.F., Hallett, P.D.

“…Reinforcement of soil by fibrous roots is crucial for preventing soil erosion and degradation, yet the underlying mechanisms are poorly understood. We…”
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DRAM: A three-dimensional analytical model for the mobilisation of root reinforcement in direct shear conditions by Meijer, G.J., Knappett, J.A., Bengough, A.G., Bull, D.J., Liang, T., Muir Wood, D.

“…•A new analytical model for the mobilization of root reinforcement is developed.•3-D root orientations, root slippage and non-linear root behaviour are…”
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Analyzing Lateral Root Development: How to Move Forward by De Smet, Ive, White, Philip J., Bengough, A. Glyn, Dupuy, Lionel, Parizot, Boris, Casimiro, Ilda, Heidstra, Renze, Laskowski, Marta, Lepetit, Marc, Hochholdinger, Frank, Draye, Xavier, Zhang, Hanma, Broadley, Martin R., Péret, Benjamin, Hammond, John P., Fukaki, Hidehiro, Mooney, Sacha, Lynch, Jonathan P., Nacry, Phillipe, Schurr, Ulrich, Laplaze, Laurent, Benfey, Philip, Beeckman, Tom, Bennett, Malcolm

“…Roots are important to plants for a wide variety of processes, including nutrient and water uptake, anchoring and mechanical support, storage functions, and as…”
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Part-Based Multi-Frame Registration for Estimation of the Growth Of Cellular Networks in Plant Roots by Roberts, T.J., McKenna, S.J., Hans, J., Valentine, T.A., Bengough, A.G.

“…Motion estimation from confocal scanning laser microscope images of growing plant cell structures presents interesting challenges; motion exhibits multiple…”
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