Rothamsted Experimental Station. laterals ; the branched roots are thin and give off laterals when only an inch or two long 2. Abundant root - hairs exist all along the ' unbranched ' roots , but only behind the growing points of the ...
... branched rhizomes several feet long and a deep , fleshy tap - root . In the several speci- mens examined the tap ... roots are usually only 2 to 5 mm . in diameter and rebranch poorly , a lack of small , absorbing roots being quite ...
... branched roots . 3. The central region of the stele of an ' unbranched ' root is traversed by four to six ducts with comparatively thin walls , while in the branched root there is only one central axile duct bounded by thick - walled ...
... branched roots are thin and give off laterals when only an inch or two long . 2. Abundant root - hairs exist all along the ' unbranched ' roots , but only behind the growing points of the branched roots . 3. The central region of the ...
... branched . They grow to considerable depths in the soil and , in the cereals at least , persist for most of the life of the plant . Quite early , however ... Adventitious roots Seminal roots Layer of clay Fig . 6.5 133 6.1 The root system.
... tree than its roots , but because the root system is largely unseen , its importance seldom is appreciated by laymen . Many believe that root distribution somehow mirrors the branching pattern of the aer- ial portion of the tree or that ...
... branch roots and about 8 per cent more of the roots were branched than with the Common . In the case of the Grimm and Cossack , however , the roots that were branched had measurably more branches per root . Very few of the tap- roots of ...
... stem (Wang and Geng, 1997). 2. Clubmosses Paleozoic tree clubmosses had highly distinctive roots that are termed rhizomorphs. The rhizomorph was a determinate structure that branched dichotomously to form a shallow but laterally extensive ...