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Lynch J P, Nielsen K L, Davis R D and Jablokow A G 1997 SimRoot: modelling and visualization of root systems. Plant & Soil 188, 139-151.

Ma Z, Walk T C, Marcus A and Lynch J P 2001 Morphological synergism in root hair length, density, initiation and geometry for phosphorus acquisition in Arabidopsis thaliana: A modeling approach. Plant and Soil 236, 221-235.

Nielsen K L, Lynch J P, Jablokow A G and Curtis P S 1994 Carbon Cost of Root Systems - an Architectural Approach. Plant and Soil 165, 161-169.

Nielsen K L, Lynch J P and Weiss H N 1997 Fractal geometry of bean root systems: correlations between spatial and fractal dimension. American Journal of Botany 84, 26-33.

Rubio G, Liao H, Yan X L and Lynch J P 2003 Topsoil foraging and its role in plant competitiveness for phosphorus in common bean. Crop Science 43, 598-607.

Walk T, Jaramillo R and Lynch J in press Architectural tradeoffs between adventitious and basal roots for phosphorus acquisition. Plant and Soil.

Walk T C, van Erp E and Lynch J P 2004 Modelling Applicability of Fractal Analysis to Efficiency of Soil Exploration by Roots. Ann Bot (Lond) 94, 119-128.

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