"living root" is correct and usable in written English.
You could use the phrase to indicate that something has a source, origin, or foundation that is still active or alive. For example, you could say, "The company's success is rooted in its team of talented employees, a living root that ensures they continue to thrive".
After nutrients are inside living root cells and have been converted to appropriate compounds, the latter are released into the xylem and move to above-ground parts.
Above-ground stocks were aggregated for presentation purposes and include: living wood, living leaf, living root, leaf litter and deadwood.
However, the comprehensive observation of the cotton living root colonization process by V. dahliae under CLSM is not likely to be practicable due to the large size of cotton roots.
Besides, the autotrophic respiration of plant roots includes living root tissue respiration, symbiotic root microorganism respiration, and the CO2 produced from root exudates as well as the decomposition of dead roots (Yan et al. 2010).
This study has three main findings: (1) Lat-B and Jas depolarized mitochondrial membranes and induced Ca2+ release from mitochondria via the mPTP; (2) mitochondria displayed a [Ca2+] gradient from tip to base in living root hairs; and (3) actin-acting drugs first induced an increase followed by a decrease in [Ca2+]c.
Spend a day trekking down the valley to the remarkable living root bridges across streams, which the Khasi villagers have made from the roots of trees.
The living roots of sedge.
Annual crops have those fully developed living roots for just a few fleeting weeks during the growing season.
The cold smell of potato mould, the squelch and slap Of soggy peat, the curt cuts of an edge Through living roots awaken in my head.
As well as the living roots of the stories, the prefaces reveal where, how or why Almond wrote them, and that some have seen many drafts and may never be finished: more encouragement.
They are sedentary endoparasitic nematodes that depend on the induction of a permanent feeding site in living roots to complete their life cycle.
