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The RSA responds to abiotic stress in different ways. This figure illustrates for dicots how length, angle and number of primary (blue) and lateral roots (grey) change in response to phosphate deficiency (A), nitrate deficiency (B), drought (C) and salinity (D). The arrows indicate an either positive (to the right) or negative effect (to the left).
