Root training by plastic tubes. II. Geotropic reaction of the roots of several species

Roo, H.C. de (1966) Root training by plastic tubes. II. Geotropic reaction of the roots of several species. Agronomy Journal, 58 (3). pp. 359-361.

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Abstract

In the greenhouse, the difference in ability of roots of different species to grow upward was appraised by growing plants in U-shaped tubing. In the field, plants grown in straight tubes were inserted vertically into the prepared plow layer. In curved tubes, cabbage and rape plants rapidly returned their fibrous root systems to their crowns; in the field, they bent upward from the impenetrable plow pan and permeated the plow layer. Other species, such as oats, showed little ability to grow upward in the soil.

Item Type:	Article
Author Affiliation:	Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station, Valley Laboratory, Windsor, Conn.
Subjects:	Soil Science and Microbiology > Soil Sciences
Divisions:	Sorghum
Depositing User:	Sandhya Gir
Date Deposited:	22 Oct 2010 07:36
Last Modified:	22 Oct 2010 07:54
Official URL:	http://dx.doi.org/10.2134/agronj1966.0002196200580...
URI:	http://eprints.icrisat.ac.in/id/eprint/262

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