Root and Shoot Growth Rate Relationships of Two Cultivars of Japanese Holly1
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- 1 November 1978
- journal article
- Published by American Society for Horticultural Science in Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science
- Vol. 103 (6) , 722-724
- https://doi.org/10.21273/jashs.103.6.722
Abstract
Rooted linears of Ilex crenata Thunb. ‘Helleri’ and ‘Rotundifolia’ were grown in polyvinyl chloride pipe sections from which longitudinal sections could be removed for root observations. Plants were fertilized at either 150 or 300 ppm N with a 20N–8.7P–16.5K soluble fertilizer. Rate of root and shoot growth was determined through 2-3 flushes of growth by taking weekly measurements of shoots and roots. Root growth of both cultivars was episodic in nature with active root growth usually preceding a shoot growth flush by 1 to 2 weeks. This growth pattern was observed in both fertility levels.Keywords
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