Government Below Ground

Modeling Carbon Allocation below Ground

Belowground carbon expenditure has been difficult to measure, and even more so to predict. Root growth is influenced by both direct effects on plant metabolism and indirect effects of soil drying and interactions with soil organisms. In Concord grape, crop load may compete with root growth when soil moisture is not limiting. Root lifespan also is difficult to predict but some success can be ach...

Below-ground interactions in dryland agroforestry

This paper discusses the effects of intercropping and tree pruning on root distribution and soil water depletion in an alley cropping system with Acacia saligna and Sorghum bicolor in northern Kenya. Root distribution was determined by destructive sampling, and the soil water suction was measured with tensiometers and gypsum blocks, both up to 150 cm depth. The root systems of the intercropped ...

Mechanosensitivity Below Ground: Touch-Sensitive Smell-

Evaluation of ground reaction force in walking of below knee amputees based on sample entropy

Introduction: Abnormal pressure during daily activities, including walking, is known as a risk factor in knee joint degeneration in knee amputees. The aim of this research was to analyze ground reaction force (GRF) and sample entropy in below-the-knee amputees. Methods: This study was a descriptive-cross-sectional type, and 20 people with below-knee amputations of the right leg (TT group) and ...

Above- and below-ground biomass relationships across 1534 forested communities.

BACKGROUND AND AIMS Prior work has shown that above- and below-ground dry biomass across individual plants scale in a near isometric manner across phyletically and ecologically diverse species. Allometric theory predicts that a similar isometric scaling relationship should hold true across diverse forest-types, regardless of vegetational composition. METHODS To test this hypothesis, two compe...