Soil strength and macropore volume limit root elongation rates in many UK agricultural soils

Agriculture & Biology

• macropores 100%
• soil strength 95%
• agricultural soils 78%
• root growth 61%
• soil 35%
• soil pore system 24%
• penetrometers 21%
• soil physical properties 17%
• topsoil 17%
• bulk density 15%
• wet environmental conditions 10%
• seedlings 9%
• soil management 9%
• soil chemical properties 8%
• field capacity 8%
• Scotland 8%
• crops 8%
• soil nutrients 7%
• soil types 7%
• rooting 7%
• soil sampling 6%
• soil water 6%
• water 6%
• texture 6%
• barley 6%
• physicochemical properties 6%
• water content 5%
• cultivars 4%
• testing 3%
• methodology 2%