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Anchorage and extent of corn root systems

By: Contributor(s): Material type: ArticleArticleLanguage: English Publication details: 1924. USA : USDA publications,Subject(s): In: Journal of Agricultural Research v. 27, no. 2, p. 71-78Summary: Results from preliminary experiments indicate that there are fundamental differences in the root systems of various inbred strains of corn. The object of the present paper ur (1) to call attention to a plant-pulling machine which was designed for these studies and (2) to point out a few significant differences in the root systems of the inbread strains that were included in the experiments.
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Results from preliminary experiments indicate that there are fundamental differences in the root systems of various inbred strains of corn. The object of the present paper ur (1) to call attention to a plant-pulling machine which was designed for these studies and (2) to point out a few significant differences in the root systems of the inbread strains that were included in the experiments.

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