Louise H. Comas

Best Publications

• Root traits contributing to plant productivity under drought.

  Louise H. Comas;Steven R. Becker;Von Mark V. Cruz;Von Mark V. Cruz;Patrick F. Byrne

  1580
  Citations

• Root traits as drivers of plant and ecosystem functioning: current understanding, pitfalls and future research needs

  Grégoire T Freschet;Grégoire T Freschet;Catherine Roumet;Louise H Comas;Monique Weemstra

  681
  Citations

• A starting guide to root ecology: strengthening ecological concepts and standardising root classification, sampling, processing and trait measurements

  Grégoire T Freschet;Loïc Pagès;Colleen M Iversen;Louise H Comas

  555
  Citations

• Linking fine root traits to maximum potential growth rate among 11 mature temperate tree species

  L. H. Comas;D. M. Eissenstat

  409
  Citations

• Assessing root death and root system dynamics in a study of grape canopy pruning.

  Louise H. Comas;David M. Eissenstat;Alan N. Lakso

  397
  Citations

• Climate, soil and plant functional types as drivers of global fine-root trait variation

  Grégoire T. Freschet;Oscar J. Valverde‐Barrantes;Caroline M. Tucker;Joseph M. Craine

  368
  Citations

• Patterns in root trait variation among 25 co-existing North American forest species

  L. H. Comas;D. M. Eissenstat

  348
  Citations

• Comparison of canopy temperature-based water stress indices for maize

  Kendall C. DeJonge;Saleh Taghvaeian;Thomas J. Trout;Louise H. Comas

  296
  Citations

• Linking root traits to potential growth rate in six temperate tree species

  L. H. Comas;T. J. Bouma;D. M. Eissenstat

  283
  Citations

• EVOLUTIONARY PATTERNS AND BIOGEOCHEMICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF ANGIOSPERM ROOT TRAITS

  L. H. Comas;K. E. Mueller;L. L. Taylor;P. E. Midford

  230
  Citations

• Patterns in root traits of woody species hosting arbuscular and ectomycorrhizas: implications for the evolution of belowground strategies.

  Louise H. Comas;Louise H. Comas;Hilary S. Callahan;Peter E. Midford

  216
  Citations

• Multiple risk factors in root survivorship: a 4‐year study in Concord grape

  L. J. Anderson;L. J. Anderson;L. H. Comas;A. N. Lakso;David M. Eissenstat

  212
  Citations

• Water productivity under strategic growth stage-based deficit irrigation in maize.

  Louise H. Comas;Thomas J. Trout;Kendall C. DeJonge;Huihui Zhang

  200
  Citations

• Canopy and environmental control of root dynamics in a long-term study of Concord grape.

  L. H. Comas;L. H. Comas;L. J. Anderson;L. J. Anderson;R. M. Dunst;A. N. Lakso

  160
  Citations

• Conventional and simplified canopy temperature indices predict water stress in sunflower

  Saleh Taghvaeian;Louise Comas;Kendall C. DeJonge;Thomas J. Trout

  117
  Citations

• Comparison of three crop water stress index models with sap flow measurements in maize.

  Ming Han;Huihui Zhang;Kendall C. DeJonge;Louise H. Comas

  115
  Citations

• Biological and environmental factors controlling root dynamics and function: Effects of root ageing and soil moisture

  Louise H. Comas;T. L. Bauerle;D. M. Eissenstat

  112
  Citations

• Root Distribution of Temperate Forage Species Subjected to Water and Nitrogen Stress

  R. Howard Skinner;Louise H. Comas

  82
  Citations

• Estimating maize water stress by standard deviation of canopy temperature in thermal imagery

  Ming Han;Ming Han;Huihui Zhang;Kendall C. DeJonge;Louise H. Comas

  74
  Citations

• Coordinated decline in photosynthesis and hydraulic conductance during drought stress in Zea mays

  Sean M. Gleason;Dustin R. Wiggans;Clayton A. Bliss;Louise H. Comas

  70
  Citations

• Seasonal Patterns of Root Growth in Relation to Shoot Phenology in Grape and Apple

  D.M. Eissenstat;T.L. Bauerle;L.H. Comas;A.N. Lakso

  69
  Citations