in order to study the mode of genetic control and heritability of morphological characteristics important for the improvement of root weight, sugar yield and white sugar yield in tropical beet, griffing's diallel cross method along with the biplot display of diallel data were applied. nine sugar beet lines including 7112-36, 7173, 474, 452, 261, 436-104, sb-firoz, rr607 and 436 were crosse...

The size, especially the root size, of advance oak (Quercus spp.) reproduction provides the best indication of the growth potential afer release or top-kill. This study examined the relationship between the size of the root system and various diameterheight measurements for small (<60 cm) white oak (Q. alba L.) seedlings. Diameters measured at the top of the litter and humus luyers and at the r...

Despite their importance for water uptake and transport, the xylem anatomical and hydraulic properties of tree roots have only rarely been studied in the field. We measured mean vessel diameter (D), vessel density (VD), relative vessel lumen area (lumen area per xylem area) and derived potential hydraulic conductivity (Kp) in the xylem of 197 fine- to medium-diameter roots (1-10 mm) in the tops...

The ability of roots to penetrate hard soil is important for crop productivity but specific root phenes contributing to this ability are poorly understood. Root penetrability and biomechanical properties are likely to vary in the root system dependent on anatomical structure. No information is available to date on the influence of root anatomical phenes on root penetrability and biomechanics. R...

in order to investigate the effect of root pruning in morphological and physiological characteristics of juniperus excelsa seedlings an experiment was carried out on transplanted one year-old seedlings. treatments included root pruning intensities (1-slight pruning (2-moderate pruning and 3- control (no root pruning)) .experiment design was completely randomized design. each treatment included ...