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In situ estimation of root length at natural soil profiles

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

W. Böhm
W. Böhm
Affiliation:
Institute of Agronomy and Crop Science, University Göttingen, v.-Siebold-Str. 8, W. Germany
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Summary

A thin layer of soil was washed from a smoothed soil profile and the length of the roots visible at the profile wall estimated. A grid net was used to count every visible part of a root which was nearly 5 mm long. Roots which were longer than 5 mm were counted more than once. This improvement of the traditional trench profile method provides an estimate of the root length in a soil volume.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 87 , Issue 2 , October 1976 , pp. 365 - 368
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1976

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