Influence of Certain Soil-Proftle Characteristics upon the Distribution of Roots of Grasses

Authors

R. L. Fox, University of Nebraska
J. E. Weaver, University of NebraskaFollow
R. C. Lipps, University of Nebraska

Date of this Version

1953

Comments

Published in AGRONOMY JOURNAL, Vol. 45, No. 12, December, 1953

Abstract

A method has been devised by Weaver and his coworkers (15) by which a root system may be sampled from the soil surface to a depth of maximum root penetration. The root system may then be separated from the soil without vertical displacement, photographed, and compared with soil profile characteristics. In the present investigation an attempt has been made to relate some chemical and physical properties of the soil to root distribution.