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20: 81:; she then coined the name "proteoid roots" in reference to the plant family in which it was known to occur. Proteoid roots are now known to occur in 27 different Proteaceae genera, plus around 30 species from other families, including 360:
7. Lambers, H., Shane, M.W., Cramer, M.D., Pearse, S.J., & Veneklaas, E.J. 2006. Root structure and functioning for efficient acquisition of phosphorus: matching morphological and physiological traits. Ann. Bot. 98: 693–713.
48:. They enhance nutrient uptake, possibly by chemically modifying the soil environment to improve nutrient solubilisation. As a result, plants with proteoid roots can grow in soil that is very low in nutrients, such as the 351:
5. Lambers, H. & Poot, P. (eds) 2003. Structure and Functioning of Cluster Roots and Plant Responses to Phosphate Deficiency. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht.
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deficiency, leading to plant death. Crop management should minimise root disturbance, and weed control should be via slashing or contact herbicides.
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P.J. Hocking and S. Jeffery (2004). "Cluster-root production and organic anion exudation in a group of old-world lupins and a new-world lupin".
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Purnell, Helen M. (1960). "Studies of the family Proteaceae: I. Anatomy and morphology of the roots of some Victorian species".
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that form clusters of closely spaced short lateral rootlets. They may form a two- to five-centimetre-thick mat just beneath the
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Grierson, P.F. and P. M. Attiwill (1989). "Chemical characteristics of the proteoid root mat of Banksia integrifolia L. ".
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6. Shane, M.W. & Lambers, H. 2005. Cluster roots: A curiosity in context. Plant Soil 274: 99–123.
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cluster roots form the primary rootlets, and also form secondary rootlets on the primary rootlets.
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Many plants with proteoid roots have economic value. Cultivated crops with proteoid roots include
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should be used, as higher levels cause phosphorus toxicity and sometimes
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industries. In cultivation, only slow-release low-phosphorus
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in 1894, after he discovered them on plants of the family
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plant
roots
leaf litter
phosphorus
Australia
Adolf Engler
Proteaceae
Leipzig Botanic Gardens
genera
Persoonia
Betulaceae
Casuarinaceae
Eleagnaceae
Leguminosae
Moraceae
Myricaceae
Cyperaceae
Restionaceae
physiology
Banksia
Grevillea
horticulture
floriculture
fertilizers
iron
Lupinus
Macadamia
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