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Showing 1 to 5 of 5 for “"rooting systems"”.
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Soil drying cycles in the succulent Karoo : different rooting systems and water uptake
… whether these are related to different rooting systems. Three prevalent plant species in the region were used, namely Leipoldtia schultzei of the Mesembryanthemaceae, Tripteris sinuata of the Asteraceae, and Galenia africana of the Aizoaceae, all of which have their roots in the upper …
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Roots as agents of soil change over time and as mediators of humanity’s imprint on Earth’s critical zone
… depth of root exploration. I examine the role of rooting system economies in nutrient availability and C cycling, and the ways those economies are changing as a consequence of anthropogenic activity. In Chapter 1, I characterize rooting systems’ C for nutrient strategies across diverse forest …
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Lucidity
… Pith explains personal attachments and rooting systems. The thesis continues with Blessing, narrating love then loss, and finishes with a recipe for making a tomato sandwich. Blessing is followed by Materialize, a collective view of cyclical learning and meandering paths. Finally, the …
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Effects of nitrogen and calcium on photosynthesis and metabolic activity in Acer saccharum in the Catskill Mountains
… can be harmful to sugar maple (Acer saccharum) rooting systems. The effects of fertilizers on the metabolism and photosynthesis rates of sugar maple are of great interest to both farmers and ecologists. In this study, 12 plots in a 60-year-old sugar maple dominated forest were treated with no …
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Soil Water Depletion and Water Use Efficiency of Wheat and Pea in Saskatchewan
… overall soil water use efficiency as related to rooting systems and edaphic factors. The benefits of implementing a pea crop into a rotation has been mainly examined in small plot studies conducted on level, well-drained soils in the southwestern region of Saskatchewan in the Brown soil zone. …