Effect of Carbon Dioxide on Cotton Seedling Root Penetration of Compacted Soil Cores
1964
Tackett, J. L. | Pearson, R. W.
The level of CO₂ and of subsoil density were varied in a growth chamber study of the interaction of these two factors on root growth of cotton seedlings at constant O₂ concentration. At very low density root elongation rate decreased progressively with increasing CO₂, although moderate to good growth occurred even at 24% CO₂, the highest concentration used. At higher subsoil level densities, CO₂ had little effect on root penetration. Retardation by CO₂ was somewhat more severe for roots growing into solution culture than for those growing into loose subsoil, indicating that application of results of aeration experiments in nutrient solution to soils should be made with caution. Results suggest that in well-drained, medium-to-coarse-textured soils such as the Norfolk, CO₂ will seldom be a limiting factor for root growth even in compacted zones near the surface. The mechanical impedance of such zones, will definitely restrict root penetration and proliferation in subsoils.
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