root_mass_fraction

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• Label: Root mass fraction
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012122
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A root mass trait [TO:0000279] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of the total root dry mass [TO:0000078] to whole plant [PO:0000003] dry mass [APD:glossary/40080].;The ratio of total root system dry mass to whole plant dry mass.
• Additional comments: None
• units: mg/mg
• allowable range: 0.01 - 1 mg/mg

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012122) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 2,174 records. This includes:

• data for 73 species.
• data for 23 families.
• data from 8 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)