Galdos, M VBrown, ERosolem, C APires, L FHallett, P DMooney, S J2020-04-142020-04-142020-03-19Galdos, M V, Brown, E, Rosolem, C A, Pires, L F, Hallett, P D & Mooney, S J 2020, 'Brachiaria species influence nitrate transport in soil by modifying soil structure with their root system', Scientific Reports, vol. 10, 5072. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-020-61986-02045-2322PubMedCentral: PMC7081357ORCID: /0000-0001-7542-7832/work/162252016https://hdl.handle.net/2164/14069Many thanks to Dr Brian Atkinson at the Hounsfield facility for assistance with the CT scanning and analysis. We also thank Wolf Seeds for kindly providing Brachiaria brizantha cv. Marandu and Brachiaria ruziziensis seeds for the experiment. This work was undertaken as part of NUCLEUS: a virtual joint centre to deliver enhanced NUE via an integrated soil-plant systems approach for the United Kingdom and Brazil. This work was supported by FAPESP—São Paulo Research Foundation [Grant 2015/50305-8]; FAPEG—Goiás Research Foundation [Grant 2015-10267001479]; FAPEMA—Maranhão Research Foundation [Grant RCUK-02771/16]; and the Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council [grant number BB/N013201/1]. LFP would like to acknowledge the financial support provided by the Brazilian National Council for Scientific and Technological Development (CNPq) and the Coordination for the Improvement of Higher Education Personnel (Capes) through the Grants 303726/2015-6 (Productivity in Research) and 88881.119578/2016-01 (Visiting Scholar).111589413engenvironmental sciencesplant sciencesRAY COMPUTED-TOMOGRAPHYTILLAGEROTATIONSCROPPING SYSTEMSORGANIC-MATTERARCHITECTURENITROGENMAIZEWATER RETENTIONDEFORMATIONQH301 BiologyGeneralBiotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council (BBSRC)BB/N013201/1Supplementary DataQH301Journal article10.1038/s41598-020-61986-0http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=85082077749&partnerID=8YFLogxK10