Do Plant Roots Modify The Soil Water Retention Properties of Rhizospheric Soil ? Evidences from the field and controlled conditions.


Claude Doussan1, Annette Bérard1, Sonia Czarnes2, Laurent Legendre3, Jacques Legouis4, Stéphane Ruy1 and Noelle Guix5, (1)INRA, UMR EMMAH, Avignon, France, (2)Lyon University, UMR CNRS 5557 Ecologie microbienne, Villeurbanne, France, (3)Lyon University, UMR 5557 Ecologie Microbienne, Villeurbanne, France, (4)INRA, UMR GDEC, Clermont Ferrand, France, (5)VetAgroSup, UMR GDEC, Lempdes, France