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It would be interesting that someone could say something about how the roots work and what is the function of the aerial roots in some trees, e.g. Ficus.

I expanded the heck out of a stub article on Aerial roots, and made a link. --Thaadd 22:03, 20 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

It would also be useful to have a list of nutrients and how they generally help/hinder root development.

it would also be helpful if u have root functions

Re the photo of maize "prop roots", the article does not describe such a thing as a "prop root", and I wonder if these should actually be called "stilt roots", which are described. 76.14.154.14 (talk) 18:09, 6 April 2014 (UTC)[reply]

I was wondering... in the 'see also' section, since there is a link to "fibrous root system"... shouldn't there be links to taproot, aerial roots and adventitious roots too?

id like to know about surface cells and cel,l division

--- I'd like to support the first comment in that I think the portions of page attributed to the actual absorptive functions of roots is lacking. I'd also like to see a short note about legumes and their nitrogen fixing capabilities __________________________ —Preceding unsigned comment added by 203.173.176.140 (talk) 00:49, 16 January 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I believe the opening paragraph contains incorrect information about roots that contain lemon and cause leprosy? —Preceding unsigned comment added by 130.64.132.17 (talk) 03:11, 11 February 2009 (UTC)[reply]

deepest roots: contradictory information given inthe article

The passage about rooting depths in text contradicts the following table.

To solve this: has anyone access to Jennings CMH (1974) The hydrology of Botswana. PhD thesis, Univeristy of Natal, South Africa? It's cited as source in Canadell et al. (1996) (see references) and, by context, identified as a living root.

Key qotes: [...] "in some instances, roots of woody species have been seen exceptionally deep in the soil. This is the case of Boscia albitrunca and Acacia erioloba whose roots have been found at a depth of 68 m and 60 m, respectively, in the central Kalahari, Botswana (Jennings 1974)," [...]

and

[...] "The presence of water at deep layers makes it possible for some plants to survive [...] by tapping water from layers as deep as [...] 68 m deep, possibly even from 140 m deep where the water table was located, in the dry savanna of the central Kalahari (Jennings 1974). [...]

Note the suggestion of getting Water out of depths between 68 (and possibly 140 m), meaning these are living roots reported. I can't get my hands on the thesis without an effort, would appreciate if someone could veryfy this and update the text.

[Disclaimer: the quotation above is from the original paper, which is cited in a scientifically proper way and reduced to the neccessary minimum. This is, by national and international standards, not offending authors or publishers copyright.]

cheers,

Botanischwili (talk) 10:15, 4 February 2011 (UTC)[reply]

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Tap Roots

In most of the dicot plants', the direct elongation of the radicle leads to the formation of primary root. It bears lateral roots of several orders that are referred to as secondary, tertiary, etc. roots. The primary roots and its branches constitute the tap root system'Eg:- mustard plant — Preceding unsigned comment added by Niharika birla (talk • contribs) 06:57, 28 July 2016 (UTC)[reply]

ROOTS

ROOTS ARE IMPORTANT THEY CATCH THE MUD PREVENT FORM FLOODING. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 123.201.166.96 (talk) 14:18, 14 June 2017 (UTC)[reply]

On root 103.144.14.35 (talk) 09:07, 18 July 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Mag bar on Ranunculus root image

The mag/scale bar on the Ranunculus root image seems like it may be incorrect. Opioions? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 2600:8805:BD81:600:FDA4:EFA3:575B:2BC9 (talk) 22:53, 9 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

It does seem pretty suspicious. Iamnotabunny (talk) 23:33, 24 October 2020 (UTC)[reply]

Starting photography jounny

I talked about myself hi I'm isuru for Sri Lanka I'm 23 year younger. 2016 I done my ols ane getting to Al's but there was. A problem for my self I'm the only son of my family so I just wanted to make my own key money 💸. So I just do so many work printing t shirt for school class buy and sell unique goods. ( Mobile phones ) 2017 my buddy sanjula buy his new camera Nikon 500 it was a solid camera we make funny video call "vine Bros SL' brings so much fun remember those days. I think that's the truning point for my life. I really likes to shooting protrts and I love it .

To be continuing.. Isuru nirman (talk) 22:09, 1 July 2022 (UTC)[reply]

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