selected publications

• academic article

  • Going underground: soil hydraulic properties impacting maize responsiveness to water deficit.  Plant and Soil.  478:43-58. 2022
  • Microhydrological Niches in Soils: How Mucilage and EPS Alter the Biophysical Properties of the Rhizosphere and Other Biological Hotspots.  Vadose Zone Journal.  18:1-10. 2019
  • Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface.  Plant and Soil.  417:1-15. 2017
  • Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface.  EGUGA.  5439. 2017
  • Drying of mucilage causes water repellency in the rhizosphere of maize: measurements and modelling.  Plant and Soil.  407:161-171. 2015
  • Nonequilibrium water dynamics in the rhizosphere: How mucilage affects water flow in soils.  Water Resources Research.  50:6479-6495. 2014
  • Plasticity of rhizosphere hydraulic properties as a key for efficient utilization of scarce resources.  Annals of Botany.  112:277-290. 2012
  • Dynamics of Root Responses to Water Heterogeneity in Soil Using Neutron Radiography.  .  2011

• blog posting

  • Functional traits of Zea mays L. varieties determine drought effects on soil structure and carbon allocation in the rhizosheath.  . 2023