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D-Index
64
Citations
16900
World Ranking
970
National Ranking
85

Overview

What is he best known for?

The fields of study he is best known for:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Carbon dioxide

William Armstrong mostly deals with Botany, Aerenchyma, Aerenchyma formation, Phragmites and Aeration. His Botany study incorporates themes from Oxygen transport and Soil water. William Armstrong conducted interdisciplinary study in his works that combined Aerenchyma and Rumex palustris.

William Armstrong focuses mostly in the field of Phragmites, narrowing it down to topics relating to Rhizome and, in certain cases, Sprouting. His Aeration research is multidisciplinary, incorporating perspectives in Physiological Adaptations and Soil waterlogging. As a member of one scientific family, he mostly works in the field of Photosynthesis, focusing on Carbon dioxide and, on occasion, Secondary thickening, Xylem and Environmental engineering.

His most cited work include:

  • Aeration in Higher Plants (1152 citations)
  • THE ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ROOTS AND PLANT RESPONSE TO SOIL FLOODING (639 citations)
  • Formation of Aerenchyma and the Processes of Plant Ventilation in Relation to Soil Flooding and Submergence (558 citations)

What are the main themes of his work throughout his whole career to date?

William Armstrong focuses on Botany, Shoot, Aeration, Phragmites and Aerenchyma. Botany is often connected to Horticulture in his work. In his research on the topic of Shoot, Oxidative phosphorylation is strongly related with Xylem.

The various areas that he examines in his Aeration study include Hypoxia and Convection. His Phragmites research incorporates elements of Oxygen transport, Cell wall, Static pressure and Callus. Menyanthes, Waterlogging and Agronomy is closely connected to Soil water in his research, which is encompassed under the umbrella topic of Aerenchyma.

He most often published in these fields:

  • Botany (75.49%)
  • Shoot (32.35%)
  • Aeration (26.47%)

What were the highlights of his more recent work (between 2006-2020)?

  • Botany (75.49%)
  • Respiration (26.47%)
  • Shoot (32.35%)

In recent papers he was focusing on the following fields of study:

His primary scientific interests are in Botany, Respiration, Shoot, Aeration and Respiratory system. His Botany study integrates concerns from other disciplines, such as Biophysics and Phragmites. William Armstrong combines subjects such as Hypoxia, Stele and Anoxic waters with his study of Respiration.

His study explores the link between Shoot and topics such as Rhizome that cross with problems in Equisetum telmateia. His research investigates the connection between Aeration and topics such as Convection that intersect with problems in Chemical physics and Soil water. His Respiratory system research includes themes of Respirometry, Physiology and Respiration rate.

Between 2006 and 2020, his most popular works were:

  • Apoplastic barriers to radial oxygen loss and solute penetration: a chemical and functional comparison of the exodermis of two wetland species, Phragmites australis and Glyceria maxima (117 citations)
  • Plants and flooding stress. (65 citations)
  • Plants and flooding stress. (65 citations)

In his most recent research, the most cited papers focused on:

  • Botany
  • Ecology
  • Biochemistry

William Armstrong spends much of his time researching Botany, Shoot, Biophysics, Hypoxia and Plant physiology. He has researched Botany in several fields, including Fermentation and Respiratory system. His research integrates issues of Stele, Partial pressure and Cellular respiration in his study of Fermentation.

As a part of the same scientific study, William Armstrong usually deals with the Cell wall, concentrating on Exodermis and frequently concerns with Aerenchyma. The study incorporates disciplines such as Gibberellin, Plant stem and Photosynthesis in addition to Gibberellic acid. His work carried out in the field of Respiration rate brings together such families of science as Respirometer and Respirometry.

Best Publications

  • Aeration in Higher Plants

    W. Armstrong

  • THE ANATOMICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF ROOTS AND PLANT RESPONSE TO SOIL FLOODING

    S. H. F. W. Justin;W. Armstrong

  • Formation of Aerenchyma and the Processes of Plant Ventilation in Relation to Soil Flooding and Submergence

    M. B. Jackson;W. Armstrong

  • Mechanisms of flood tolerance in plants

    William Armstrong;Roland Brändle;Michael B. Jackson

  • Oxygen Distribution in Wetland Plant Roots and Permeability Barriers to Gas-exchange with the Rhizosphere: a Microelectrode and Modelling Study with Phragmites australis

    W. Armstrong;D. Cousins;J. Armstrong;D. W. Turner

  • Oxygen Diffusion from the Roots of Some British Bog Plants

    W. Armstrong;W. Armstrong

  • Radial Oxygen Losses from Intact Rice Roots as Affected by Distance from the Apex, Respiration and Waterlogging

    W. Armstrong

  • Phragmites australis– A preliminary study of soil‐oxidizing sites and internal gas transport pathways

    J. Armstrong;W. Armstrong

  • Phragmites australis: Venturi- and humidity-induced pressure flows enhance rhizome aeration and rhizosphere oxidation

    Jean Armstrong;William Armstrong;Peter M. Beckett

  • Root Growth and Metabolism Under Oxygen Deficiency

    William Armstrong;Malcolm C. Drew

  • The Oxidising Activity of Roots in Waterlogged Soils

    W. Armstrong

  • Root adaptation to soil waterlogging

    W. Armstrong;S.H.F.W. Justin;P.M. Beckett;S. Lythe

  • Rice: sulfide-induced barriers to root radial oxygen loss, Fe2+ and water uptake, and lateral root emergence.

    Jean Armstrong;William Armstrong

  • A convective through-flow of gases in Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

    J. Armstrong;W. Armstrong

  • Light‐enhanced convective throughflow increases oxygenation in rhizomes and rhizosphere of Phragmites australis (Cav.) Trin. ex Steud.

    J. Armstrong;W. Armstrong

  • MEASUREMENT AND MODELLING OF OXYGEN RELEASE FROM ROOTS OF PHRAGMITES AUSTRALIS

    W. Armstrong;J. Armstrong;P.M. Beckett

  • Root morphology and aerenchyma formation as indicators for the flood-tolerance of Rumex species

    P. Laan;M.J. Berrevoets;S. Lythe;W. Armstrong

  • Aerenchyma formation and associated oxygen movement in seminal and nodal roots of wheat.

    C. J. Thomson;C. J. Thomson;W. Armstrong;I. Waters;H. Greenway

  • Rice and Phragmites: effects of organic acids on growth, root permeability, and radial oxygen loss to the rhizosphere.

    Jean Armstrong;William Armstrong

  • Plant zonation and the effects of the spring-neap tidal cycle on soil aeration in a humber salt marsh

    Unknown

  • Conditions leading to high CO2 (>5 kPa) in waterlogged-flooded soils and possible effects on root growth and metabolism.

    Hank Greenway;William Armstrong;Timothy D. Colmer

  • Apoplastic barriers to radial oxygen loss and solute penetration: a chemical and functional comparison of the exodermis of two wetland species, Phragmites australis and Glyceria maxima

    Aleš Soukup;William Armstrong;Lukas Schreiber;Rochus Franke

Frequent Co-Authors

Timothy D. Colmer
Timothy D. Colmer University of Western Australia
Ole Pedersen
Ole Pedersen University of Copenhagen
Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam
Krishnapillai Sivasithamparam University of Western Australia
Michael B. Jackson
Michael B. Jackson University of Bristol
H. Greenway
H. Greenway University of Western Australia
Tim L. Setter
Tim L. Setter Cornell University
Edward G. Barrett-Lennard
Edward G. Barrett-Lennard University of Western Australia
Rochus Franke
Rochus Franke University of Bonn
Lukas Schreiber
Lukas Schreiber University of Bonn

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