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Fig. 1. Schematic of possible environmental effects on root elongation: (a) tropism of gravity (gravitropism), (b) tropism of soil water (hydrotropism), (c) deflection by an obstacle (thigmotropism), and (d) tropism of soil mechanical resistance.