THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE ROOTS OF SUGAR CANE IN THE SOIL IN THE HAWAIIAN ISLANDS
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- 1 October 1926
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 1 (4) , 363-378
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.1.4.363
Abstract
By means of the root-study box and by excavations (16 excavations of 5 plants under different conditions) the distribution of sugar cane roots was noted. In cane growing in furrows more than 58% of the roots were above the 8 in. soil level. In hilled up cane the largest proportion of roots was in the 8-16 in. level. In cane either hilled up or in furrows more than 85% of roots were in the topmost 24 in. The lighter brown color of root masses from the uppermost levels of soil is due to secondary root growth; darker root masses and rots of root cortex are more general in the lower depths.This publication has 0 references indexed in Scilit: