Acquisitive root exploration strategies help maintain higher peak sap flux rates during summer drought, but more root biomass does not.

New Phytol · 2026 · PMC13150297 · PMID 41883087

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Specifically, for roots <1 mm in diameter, there was a significant positive relationship in 2020 ( P < 0.05) and positive trends in 2019 ( P < 0.10) while for roots <2 mm in diameter, there was only a significant trend in 2021 ( P < 0.10).

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