Mutez Ali Ahmed: Publications

Peer reviewed

2021

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

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, No. 1695 (2020).
doi:10.3389/fpls.2019.01695

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, 565-578 (2020).
doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04408-z

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

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, 65-81 (2019).
doi:10.1007/s11104-019-03939-9

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

2018

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, No. 87 (2018).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2018.00087

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., 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

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

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

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

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), No. 170013 (2018).
doi:10.2136/vzj2017.01.0013

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

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), No. 160090 (2018).
doi:10.2136/vzj2016.09.0090

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), No. 170056 (2018).

2017

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

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., 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

2016

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

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

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

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

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

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

2015

Kroener, E., Ahmed, M., Carminati, A.: Roots at the percolation threshold. Physical Review E, 91, No. 042706 (2015).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.91.042706

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

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)