Root Extension and Water Absorption

Document Type

Article

Journal/Book Title/Conference

Water and plant life--problems and modern approaches Springer, Berlin

Publication Date

1976

Abstract

This chapter is not intended to be an extensive review of root-soil water relationships. Balanced coverage of this field has been most adequately undertaken by texts such as Slatyer (1967) and Kramer (1969). Furthermore, various facets of the subject have been well covered in recent reviews by Weatherley (1970), Gardner (1968), Cowan and Milthorpe (1968), and particularly by Newman (1974). Characteristics of root growth, development, and senescence have been reviewed by Head (1973). Instead, it is intended to address the specific topic of the role of root extension in water absorption.

First Page

63

Last Page

85

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