Agronomy and Horticulture Department
Date of this Version
8-12-1949
Abstract
Study of soil-root relations of various crop plants and range grasses has lagged far behind the pressing need for an understanding of these relationships. Little progress in devising new methods for such study, at least methods that have been widely used in the field, has been made since the extensive researches by the direct method, using trench and hand pick, employed by Weaver (1, 2) during the period 1919 to 1926. This lack of a quantitative approach to comparative root studies in various soil types has undoubtedly been a chief reason for the dearth of more definite information on this important subject.
Comments
Published in Science, New Series, Vol. 110, No. 2850 (Aug. 12, 1949), pp. 164-165.