Mutez Ali Ahmed: Publications
Peer reviewed
2025
Koehler, T., Kim, Y., Tung, S., Heymans, A., Tyborski, N., Steiner, F., Wild, A., Pausch, J., Ahmed, M., Schneider, H.: Node of origin matters: comparative analysis of soil water limitation effects on nodal root anatomy in maize (Zea mays L.). Annals of Botany, mcaf075 (2025).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcaf075
2023
Köhler, T., Schaum, C., Tung, S., Steiner, F., Tyborski, N., Wild, A., Zebene, A., Pausch, J., Lüders, T., Wolfrum, S., Mueller, C., Vidal, A., Vahl, W., Groth, J., Eder, B., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A.: Above and belowground traits impacting transpiration decline during soil drying in 48 maize (Zea mays) genotypes. Annals of Botany, 131(2), 373-386 (2023).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcac147
Abdalla, M., Schweiger, A., Berauer, B., McAdam, S., Ahmed, M.: Constant hydraulic supply and ABA dynamics facilitate the trade-offs in water and carbon. Frontiers in Plant Science, 14 (2023).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007584
Mganga, K., Kuhla, J., Carminati, A., Pausch, J., Ahmed, M.: Leaf gas exchange characteristics, biomass partitioning, and water use efficiencies of two C₄ African grasses under simulated drought. Grassland Research, 2(1), 37-45 (2023).
doi:10.1002/glr2.12040
Cai, G., Carminati, A., Gleason, S., Javaux, M., Ahmed, M.: Soil-plant hydraulics explain stomatal efficiency-safety tradeoff. Plant, Cell & Environment, 46(10), 3120-3127 (2023).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00007281
2022
Cai, G., Tötzke, C., Kaestner, A., Ahmed, M.: Quantification of root water uptake and redistribution using neutron imaging : a review and future directions. The Plant Journal, 111(2), 348-359 (2022).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006681
2021
Abdalla, M., Ahmed, M.: Arbuscular Mycorrhiza Symbiosis Enhances Water Status and Soil-Plant Hydraulic Conductance Under Drought. Frontiers in Plant Science, 12, 722954 (2021).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00006552
Abdalla, M., Carminati, A., Cai, G., Javaux, M., Ahmed, M.: Stomatal closure of tomato under drought is driven by an increase in soil–root hydraulic resistance. Plant, Cell & Environment, 44(2), 425-431 (2021).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005283
2020
Carminati, A., Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Cai, G., Goran, L., Javaux, M.: Stomatal closure prevents the drop in soil water potential around roots. New Phytologist, 226(6), 1541-1543 (2020).
doi:10.1111/nph.16451
Cai, G., Ahmed, M., Dippold, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A.: Linear relation between leaf xylem water potential and transpiration in pearl millet during soil drying. Plant and Soil, 447(1-2), 565-578 (2020).
doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04408-z
Hayat, F., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Buecherl, T., Carminati, A.: Quantification of hydraulic redistribution in maize roots using neutron radiography. Vadose Zone Journal, 19(1), e20084 (2020).
doi:10.1002/vzj2.20084
2019
Hayat, F., Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Cai, G., Carminati, A.: Measurements and simulation of leaf xylem water potential and root water uptake in heterogeneous soil water contents. Advances in Water Resources, 124, 96-105 (2019).
doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2018.12.009
Ellerbrock, R., Ahmed, M., Gerke, H.: Spectroscopic characterization of mucilage (Chia seed) and polygalacturonic acid. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 182(6), 888-895 (2019).
doi:10.1002/jpln.201800554
Naveed, M., Ahmed, M., Benard, P., Brown, L., George, T., Bengough, A., Roose, T., Koebernick, N., Hallett, P.: Surface tension, rheology and hydrophobicity of rhizodeposits and seed mucilage influence soil water retention and hysteresis. Plant and Soil, 437(1-2), 65-81 (2019).
doi:10.1007/s11104-019-03939-9
Hayat, F., Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Cai, G., Javaux, M., Carminati, A.: Transpiration reduction in maize (Zea mays L) in response to soil drying. Frontiers in Plant Science, 10, 1695 (2019).
doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.01695
2018
Kroener, E., Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A.: Effects of mucilage on rhizosphere hydraulic functions depend on soil particle size. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 170056 (2018).
doi:10.2136/vzj2017.03.0056
Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmadi, K., Kroener, E., Kostka, S., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Engineering Rhizosphere Hydraulics : Pathways to Improve Plant Adaptation to Drought. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 160090 (2018).
doi:10.2136/vzj2016.09.0090
Meunier, F., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A., Couvreur, V., Javaux, M.: Hydraulic conductivity of soil-grown lupine and maize unbranched roots and maize root-shoot junctions. Journal of Plant Physiology, 227, 31-44 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.jplph.2017.12.019
Ahmed, M., Passioura, J., Carminati, A.: Hydraulic processes in roots and the rhizosphere pertinent to increasing yield of water-limited grain crops : a critical review. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(13), 3255-3265 (2018).
doi:10.1093/jxb/ery183
Benard, P., Zarebanadkouki, M., Hedwig, C., Holz, M., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A.: Pore-Scale Distribution of Mucilage Affecting Water Repellency in the Rhizosphere. Vadose Zone Journal, 17(1), 170013 (2018).
doi:10.2136/vzj2017.01.0013
Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Hedwig, C., Benard, P., Kostka, S., Anders, K., Carminati, A.: Rhizosphere hydrophobicity limits root water uptake after drying and subsequent rewetting. Plant and Soil, 428(1/2), 265-277 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s11104-018-3677-7
Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Meunier, F., Javaux, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Root type matters : measurement of water uptake by seminal, crown and lateral roots in maize. Journal of Experimental Botany, 69(5), 1199-1206 (2018).
doi:10.1093/jxb/erx439
Ahmed, M., Sanaullah, M., Blagodatskaya, E., Mason-Jones, K., Jawad, H., Kuzyakov, Y., Dippold, M.: Soil microorganisms exhibit enzymatic and priming response to root mucilage under drought. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 116, 410-418 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2017.10.041
Holz, M., Leue, M., Ahmed, M., Benard, P., Gerke, H., Carminati, A.: Spatial Distribution of Mucilage in the Rhizosphere Measured With Infrared Spectroscopy. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6, 87 (2018).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2018.00087
Ahmed, M., Banfield, C., Sanaullah, M., Gunina, A., Dippold, M.: Utilisation of mucilage C by microbial communities under drought. Biology and Fertility of Soils, 54(1), 83-94 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s00374-017-1237-6
2017
Carminati, A., Benard, P., Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M.: Liquid bridges at the root-soil interface. Plant and Soil, 417(1/2), 1-15 (2017).
doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3227-8
Ahmadi, K., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Ferrarini, A., Kuzyakov, Y., Kostka, S., Carminati, A.: Rhizosphere engineering : innovative improvement of root environment. Rhizosphere, 3(1), 176-184 (2017).
doi:10.1016/j.rhisph.2017.04.015
Carminati, A., Passioura, J., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Ryan, P., Watt, M., Delhaize, E.: Root hairs enable high transpiration rates in drying soils. New Phytologist, 216(3), 771-781 (2017).
doi:10.1111/nph.14715
2016
Carminati, A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kroener, E., Ahmed, M., Holz, M.: Biophysical rhizosphere processes affecting root water uptake. Annals of Botany, 118(4), 561-571 (2016).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw113
Ahmed, M., Kroener, E., Benard, P., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Drying of mucilage causes water repellency in the rhizosphere of maize : measurements and modelling. Plant and Soil, 407(1/2), 161-171 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s11104-015-2749-1
Zickenrott, I., Woche, S., Bachmann, J., Ahmed, M., Vetterlein, D.: An efficient method for the collection of root mucilage from different plant species : A case study on the effect of mucilage on soil water repellency. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 179(2), 294-302 (2016).
doi:10.1002/jpln.201500511
Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A.: Hydraulic conductivity of the root-soil interface of lupin in sandy soil after drying and rewetting. Plant and Soil, 398(1/2), 267-280 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s11104-015-2668-1
Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Measurements of water uptake of maize roots : the key function of lateral roots. Plant and Soil, 398(1/2), 59-77 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s11104-015-2639-6
Carminati, A., Kroener, E., Ahmed, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Holz, M., Ghezzehei, T.: Water for Carbon, Carbon for Water. Vadose Zone Journal, 15(2), vzj2015.04.0060 (2016).
doi:10.2136/vzj2015.04.0060
2015
Ahmed, M., Holz, M., Woche, S., Bachmann, J., Carminati, A.: Effect of soil drying on mucilage exudation and its water repellency : a new method to collect mucilage. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 178(6), 821-824 (2015).
doi:10.1002/jpln.201500177
Kroener, E., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A.: Roots at the percolation threshold. Physical Review E, 91(4), 042706 (2015).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.042706
2014
Ahmed, M., Kroener, E., Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A.: Mucilage exudation facilitates root water uptake in dry soils. Functional Plant Biology, 41(11), 1129-1137 (2014).
doi:10.1071/FP13330
Other publications
2016
Carminati, A., Kostka, S., Zarebanadkouki, M., Ahmed, M., Ahmadi, K.: Plant rhizosphere engineering rhizo signaling gel matrix
US 2016/0278368 A1, (2016-09-29)