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Fang-Ru Wu et al. explored how intraspecific and interspecific competition on a ramet influences root foraging of its connected ramet in heterogeneous soils by growing ramets of #Fragariapentaphylla.

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Box plots showing the total, shoot, and root mass of the younger ramet (a–c), older ramet (d–f) and whole clonal fragment (g–i) of Fragaria pentaphylla under the five competition and two soil heterogeneity treatments. The box plot depicts the median (center line), interquartile range (IQR, box limits), whiskers (1.5 × IQR) and each point represents an individual data point. Symbols (#0.05 < P < 0.1, *P < 0.05) indicate differences between the homogeneous and the heterogeneous soil (by planned contrasts). Species codes are described as in Fig. 2.
November 8, 2026 at 2:58 PM
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Regardless of competition, the younger ramet of #Fragariapentaphylla exhibited root foraging in the heterogeneous soil, while interspecific competition promotes this process.

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Schematic representation of the experimental design. The younger ramet (orange dot) of Fragaria pentaphylla grew either in a heterogeneous soil that consisted of high- and low-nutrient patches (right) or a homogeneous soil consisting of an even mixture of the high- and the low-nutrient soil at a volume ratio of 1:1 (left), and its connected older ramet (red dot) grew in another homogeneous soil with twice the amount of nutrients as that in the homogeneous soil for the younger ramet. The older ramet grew either with no competition, with a ramet of the same species, or with a ramet of a different species, i.e. Duchesnea indica, Hydrocotyle sibthorpioides or Centella asiatica. The two ramets of F. pentaphylla were connected by a stolon internode (black line) to allow clonal integration.
October 1, 2026 at 9:32 AM
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【🎉Latest accepted article】
Interspecific competition promotes root foraging of a clonal plant via physiological integration

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Interspecific competition promotes root foraging of a clonal plant via physiological integration
Root foraging is a common response of plants to heterogeneous soils. We found at the first time that interspecific competition on a ramet of clonal plants
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February 25, 2026 at 3:44 PM