Plant root traits play a crucial role in resource acquisition and crop performance when soil
nutrient availability is low. However, the respective trait responses are complex, particularly …

Background Even with extensive root growth, plants may fail to access subsoil water and
nutrients when root-restricting soil layers are present. Biopores, created from decaying roots …

Background Phosphorus (P) is a vital and non-substitutable nutrient for agricultural
production. However, P is often used inefficiently in European agriculture. To ensure food …

Supply of phosphorus (P) as an agricultural input depends on a limited mineral rock
phosphate reserve, but inefficient use means this resource is not being used sustainably …

Phosphorus (P) is a limited resource but plays an important role in crop production. Because
of the high P binding capacity in soils, changes in soil P availability due to different P …

Soil structure has a huge impact on plant root growth, but it is difficult to isolate from other
soil properties in field studies, and generally overlooked in laboratory studies that use …

Arable subsoils store large amounts of phosphorus (P); however, it is unclear to what extent,
and under which conditions, subsoil resources might supplement crop P acquisition. Here …

In recent years, the investigation of root–biopore interactions has been reported in many
studies, particularly with the application of X‐ray computed tomography (CT). To clarify our …

Biopore recycling is the process during which roots ingress into existing biopores instead of
creating new ones. Previous studies investigated biopore recycling in rather artificial …

Purpose Precrops exhibit vigorous deep root growth, especially when grown perennially.
However, their contribution to accumulate essential nutrients derived from deeper soil layers …