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Auger Sampling, Ingrowth Cores and Pinboard Methods

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Root Methods

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This chapter outlines those methods for assessing root systems structure and function in the field which are based on washing roots free from the soil in which they grew. Some of these methods are included in previous reviews (Kolesnikov 1971; Böhm 1979). The methods are either disruptive or totally destructive to the root system being studied and to the immediate environment (Taylor et al. 1991).

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    Maria do Rosário G. Oliveira

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  3. University of Reading, PO Box 233, Reading, RG6 6DW, UK

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do Rosário G. Oliveira, M. et al. (2000). Auger Sampling, Ingrowth Cores and Pinboard Methods. In: Smit, A.L., Bengough, A.G., Engels, C., van Noordwijk, M., Pellerin, S., van de Geijn, S.C. (eds) Root Methods. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-04188-8_6

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