root_shoot_ratio

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• Label: Root to shoot ratio
• Entity URI: https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012120
• Type: numeric
• Definition: A whole plant morphology trait [TO:0000398] which is the ratio [PATO:0001470] of a plant's root dry mass [TO:0000078] to its shoot dry mass [TO:0000552].;The ratio of total root system dry mass to total shoot system dry mass.
• Additional comments: This trait is usually measured on experimentally grown seedlings where it is possible to collect the entire root system.
• units: mg{root}/mg{shoot}
• allowable range: 0.01 - 15 mg{root}/mg{shoot}

See the AusTraits Plant Dictionary (https://w3id.org/APD/traits/trait_0012120) for additional information about this trait.

Coverage

For this trait, AusTraits includes a total of 2,308 records. This includes:

• data for 160 species.
• data for 42 families.
• data from 11 datasets (see the portal Citations tab for a list of sources)