Andrea Carminati: Publications

Peer reviewed

2024

Steiner, F., Wild, A., Tyborski, N., Tung, S., Koehler, T., Buegger, F., Carminati, A., Eder, B., Groth, J., Hesse, B., Pausch, J., Lüders, T., Vahl, W., Wolfrum, S., Mueller, C., Vidal, A.: Rhizosheath drought responsiveness is variety‐specific and a key component of belowground plant adaptation. New Phytologist, (2024).
doi:10.1111/nph.19638

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

Cramer, A., Benard, P., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Microplastic induces soil water repellency and limits capillary flow. Vadose Zone Journal, 22(1), e20215 (2023).
doi:10.1002/vzj2.20215

Cramer, A., Schmidtmann, J., Benard, P., Kaestner, A., Engelhardt, M., Peiffer, S., Carminati, A.: Ferrihydrite coating reduces microplastic induced soil water repellency. Environmental Science : Processes & Impacts, 25(6), 1094-1101 (2023).
doi:10.1039/D3EM00077J

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

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

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

Schaller, J., Cramer, A., Carminati, A., Zarebanadkouki, M.: Biogenic amorphous silica as main driver for plant available water in soils. Scientific Reports, 10, 2424 (2020).
doi:10.15495/EPub_UBT_00005381

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

Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A., Hovind, J., Kaestner, A., Spohn, M.: Increased water retention in the rhizosphere allows for high phosphatase activity in drying soil. Plant and Soil, 443(1/2), 259-271 (2019).
doi:10.1007/s11104-019-04234-3

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

Benard, P., Zarebanadkouki, M., Brax, M., Kaltenbach, R., Jerjen, I., Marone, F., Couradeau, E., Felde, J., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Microhydrological Niches in Soils : How Mucilage and EPS Alter the Biophysical Properties of the Rhizosphere and Other Biological Hotspots. Vadose Zone Journal, 18(1), 180211 (2019).
doi:10.2136/vzj2018.12.0211

Benard, P., Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A.: Physics and hydraulics of the rhizosphere network. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 182(1), 5-8 (2019).
doi:10.1002/jpln.201800042

Zarebanadkouki, M., Trtik, P., Hayat, F., Carminati, A., Kaestner, A.: Root water uptake and its pathways across the root: quantification at the cellular scale. Scientific Reports, 9, 12979 (2019).
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-49528-9

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

Ahmadi, K., Razavi, B., Maharjan, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Kostka, S., Carminati, A., Zarebanadkouki, M.: Effects of rhizosphere wettability on microbial biomass, enzyme activities and localization. Rhizosphere, 7, 35-42 (2018).
doi:10.1016/j.rhisph.2018.06.010

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., Carminati, A.: Impact of Pore-Scale Wettability on Rhizosphere Rewetting. Frontiers in Environmental Science, 6, 16 (2018).
doi:10.3389/fenvs.2018.00016

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

Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Kuzyakov, Y., Carminati, A.: Rhizodeposition under drought is controlled by root growth rate and rhizosphere water content. Plant and Soil, 423(1/2), 429-442 (2018).
doi:10.1007/s11104-017-3522-4

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

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

Holz, M., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kuzyakov, Y., Pausch, J., Carminati, A.: Root hairs increase rhizosphere extension and carbon input to soil. Annals of Botany, 121(1), 61-69 (2018).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcx127

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

Roose, T., Keyes, S., Daly, K., Carminati, A., Otten, W., Vetterlein, D., Peth, S.: Challenges in imaging and predictive modeling of rhizosphere processes. Plant and Soil, 407(1/2), 9-38 (2016).
doi:10.1007/s11104-016-2872-7

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

Zarebanadkouki, M., Meunier, F., Couvreur, V., Cesar, J., Javaux, M., Carminati, A.: Estimation of the hydraulic conductivities of lupine roots by inverse modelling of high-resolution measurements of root water uptake. Annals of Botany, 118(4), 853-864 (2016).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcw154

York, L., Carminati, A., Mooney, S., Ritz, K., Bennett, M.: The holistic rhizosphere : integrating zones, processes, and semantics in the soil influenced by roots. Journal of Experimental Botany, 67(12), 3629-3643 (2016).
doi:10.1093/jxb/erw108

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

Schwartz, N., Carminati, A., Javaux, M.: The impact of mucilage on root water uptake - A numerical study. Water Resources Research, 52(1), 264-277 (2016).
doi:10.1002/2015WR018150

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

Kroener, E., Zarebanadkouki, M., Bittelli, M., Carminati, A.: Simulation of root water uptake under consideration of nonequilibrium dynamics in the rhizosphere. Water Resources Research, 52(8), 5755-5770 (2016).
doi:10.1002/2015WR018579

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

Benard, P., Kroener, E., Vontobel, P., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Water percolation through the root-soil interface. Advances in Water Resources, 95, 190-198 (2016).
doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2015.09.014

Wen, Y., Chen, Z., Dannenmann, M., Carminati, A., Willibald, G., Kiese, R., Wolf, B., Veldkamp, E., Butterbach-Bahl, K., Corre, M.: Disentangling gross N₂O production and consumption in soil. Scientific Reports, 6, 36517 (2016).
doi:10.1038/srep36517

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

Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A., Kaestner, A., Mannes, D., Morgano, M., Peetermans, S., Lehmann, E., Trtik, P.: On-the-fly neutron tomography of water transport into lupine roots. Physics Procedia, 69, 292-298 (2015).
doi:10.1016/j.phpro.2015.07.041

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

Bechmann, M., Schneider, C., Carminati, A., Vetterlein, D., Attinger, S., Hildebrandt, A.: Effect of parameter choice in root water uptake models – the arrangement of root hydraulic properties within the root architecture affects dynamics and efficiency of root water uptake. Hydrology and Earth System Sciences, 18(10), 4189-4206 (2014).
doi:10.5194/hess-18-4189-2014

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

Kroener, E., Zarebanadkouki, M., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Nonequilibrium water dynamics in the rhizosphere : How mucilage affects water flow in soils. Water Resources Research, 50(8), 6479-6495 (2014).
doi:10.1002/2013WR014756

Zarebanadkouki, M., Carminati, A.: Reduced root water uptake after drying and rewetting. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 177(2), 227-236 (2014).
doi:10.1002/jpln.201300249

Zarebanadkouki, M., Kroener, E., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Visualization of root water uptake : quantification of deuterated water transport in roots using neutron radiography and numerical modeling. Plant Physiology, 166(2), 487-499 (2014).
doi:10.1104/pp.114.243212

2013

Carminati, A., Zarebanadkouki, M.: Comment on: “Neutron imaging reveals internal plant water dynamics”. Plant and Soil, 369(1/2), 25-27 (2013).
doi:10.1007/s11104-013-1780-3

Carminati, A., Vetterlein, D., Koebernick, N., Blaser, S., Weller, U., Vogel, H.: Do roots mind the gap?. Plant and Soil, 367(1/2), 651-661 (2013).
doi:10.1007/s11104-012-1496-9

De Biase, C., Carminati, A., Oswald, S., Thullner, M.: Numerical modeling analysis of VOCs removal processes in different aerobic vertical flow systems for groundwater remediation. Journal of Contaminant Hydrology, 154, 53-69 (2013).
doi:10.1016/j.jconhyd.2013.07.007

Carminati, A., Vetterlein, D.: Plasticity of rhizosphere hydraulic properties as a key for efficient utilization of scarce resources. Annals of Botany, 112(2), 277-290 (2013).
doi:10.1093/aob/mcs262

Carminati, A.: Rhizosphere wettability decreases with root age : a problem or a strategy to increase water uptake of young roots?. Frontiers in Plant Science, 4, 298 (2013).
doi:10.3389/fpls.2013.00298

Zarebanadkouki, M., Kim, Y., Carminati, A.: Where do roots take up water? Neutron radiography of water flow into the roots of transpiring plants growing in soil. New Phytologist, 199(4), 1034-1044 (2013).
doi:10.1111/nph.12330

Spohn, M., Carminati, A., Kuzyakov, Y.: Soil zymography : A novel in situ method for mapping distribution of enzyme activity in soil. Soil Biology & Biochemistry, 58, 275-280 (2013).
doi:10.1016/j.soilbio.2012.12.004

2012

Rudolph, N., Esser, H., Carminati, A., Moradi, A., Hilger, A., Kardjilov, N., Nagl, S., Oswald, S.: Dynamic oxygen mapping in the root zone by fluorescence dye imaging combined with neutron radiography. Journal of Soils and Sediments, 12(1), 63-74 (2012).
doi:10.1007/s11368-011-0407-7

Moradi, A., Carminati, A., Lamparter, A., Woche, S., Bachmann, J., Vetterlein, D., Vogel, H., Oswald, S.: Is the Rhizosphere Temporarily Water Repellent?. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3) (2012).
doi:10.2136/vzj2011.0120

Carminati, A.: A model of root water uptake coupled with rhizosphere dynamics. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3) (2012).
doi:10.2136/vzj2011.0106

Zarebanadkouki, M., Kim, Y., Moradi, A., Vogel, H., Kaestner, A., Carminati, A.: Quantification and Modeling of Local Root Water Uptake using Neutron Radiography and Deuterated Water. Vadose Zone Journal, 11(3) (2012).
doi:10.2136/vzj2011.0196

2011

Carminati, A., Schneider, C., Moradi, A., Zarebanadkouki, M., Vetterlein, D., Vogel, H., Hildebrandt, A., Weller, U., Schüler, L., Oswald, S.: How the rhizosphere may favor water availability to roots. Vadose Zone Journal, 10(3), 988-998 (2011).
doi:10.2136/vzj2010.0113

Moradi, A., Carminati, A., Vetterlein, D., Vontobel, P., Lehmann, E., Weller, U., Hopmans, J., Vogel, H., Oswald, S.: Three-dimensional visualization and quantification of water content in the rhizosphere. New Phytologist, 192(3), 653-663 (2011).
doi:10.1111/j.1469-8137.2011.03826.x

2010

Carminati, A., Moradi, A., Vetterlein, D., Vontobel, P., Lehmann, E., Weller, U., Vogel, H., Oswald, S.: Dynamics of soil water content in the rhizosphere. Plant and Soil, 332(1/2), 163-176 (2010).
doi:10.1007/s11104-010-0283-8

Moradi, A., Carminati, A.: Micro-scale distribution of water around plant roots using neutron tomography. Geochimica et Cosmochimica Acta, 74(Suppl. 1), A724 (2010).

Esser, H., Carminati, A., Vontobel, P., Lehmann, E., Oswald, S.: Neutron radiography and tomography of water distribution in the root zone. Journal of Plant Nutrition and Soil Science, 173(5), 757-764 (2010).
doi:10.1002/jpln.200900188

2009

Carminati, A., Flühler, H.: Water Infiltration and Redistribution in Soil Aggregate Packings. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(1), 150-157 (2009).
doi:10.2136/vzj2008.0077

Carminati, A., Vetterlein, D., Weller, U., Vogel, H., Oswald, S.: When Roots Lose Contact. Vadose Zone Journal, 8(3), 805-809 (2009).
doi:10.2136/vzj2008.0147

2008

Koliji, A., Lehmann, P., Vulliet, L., Laloui, L., Carminati, A., Vontobel, P., Hassanein, R.: Assessment of structural evolution of aggregated soil using neutron tomography. Water Resources Research, 44(5), W00C07 (2008).
doi:10.1029/2007WR006297

Berli, M., Carminati, A., Ghezzehei, T., Or, D.: Evolution of unsaturated hydraulic conductivity of aggregated soils due to compressive forces. Water Resources Research, 44(5), W00C09 (2008).
doi:10.1029/2007WR006501

Oswald, S., Menon, M., Carminati, A., Vontobel, P., Lehmann, E., Schulin, R.: Quantitative imaging of infiltration, root growth, and root water uptake via neutron radiography. Vadose Zone Journal, 7(3), 1035-1047 (2008).
doi:10.2136/vzj2007.0156

Carminati, A., Kaestner, A., Lehmann, P., Flühler, H.: Unsaturated water flow across soil aggregate contacts. Advances in Water Resources, 31(9), 1221-1232 (2008).
doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2008.01.008

2007

Carminati, A., Kaestner, A., Flühler, H., Lehmann, P., Or, D., Lehmann, E., Stampanoni, M.: Hydraulic contacts controlling water flow across porous grains. Physical Review E, 76(2), 026311 (2007).
doi:10.1103/PhysRevE.76.026311

Carminati, A., Kaestner, A., Hassanein, R., Ippisch, O., Vontobel, P., Flühler, H.: Infiltration through series of soil aggregates : Neutron radiography and modeling. Advances in Water Resources, 30(5), 1168-1178 (2007).
doi:10.1016/j.advwatres.2006.10.006

Carminati, A., Kaestner, A., Ippisch, O., Koliji, A., Lehmann, P., Hassanein, R., Vontobel, P., Lehmann, E., Laloui, L., Vulliet, L., Flühler, H.: Water flow between soil aggregates. Transport in Porous Media, 68(2), 219-236 (2007).
doi:10.1007/s11242-006-9041-z

2006

Hassanein, R., Meyer, H., Carminati, A., Estermann, M., Lehmann, E., Vontobel, P.: Investigation of water imbibition in porous stone by thermal neutron radiography. Journal of Physics D, 39(19), 4284-4291 (2006).
doi:10.1088/0022-3727/39/19/023

Other publications

2018

Kaule, G., Carminati, A., Huwe, B., Kaule, R., Müller-Kroehling, S., Schwarz-von Raumer, H.: Die Hochmoorwälder des süddeutschen Voralpengebietes : Moorökologische Bedeutung und zukünftige Entwicklung im Klimawandel = Raised bog forests in the South German prealpine bog region, ecological importance and development in global change scenarios. Telma, 48, 13-48 (2018).
doi:10.23689/fidgeo-3289

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)

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