Root system of West Indian cherry plants propagated by seeds and cuttings
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.5433/1679-0359.2004v25n3p193Keywords:
Malpighia emarginata, Propagation, Roots, Trench profile wall.Abstract
This research work had as objective to evaluate and to compare the amount and the distribution of the roots of 4.5 years old West Indian Cherry plants, in a clayey Typic Hapludox, propagated by: a) seeds (and subsequent grafting); b) cuttings. It was used the trench profile method, in the planting rows and in the inter-rows, covering half spacing. Images of 25 x 25 cm were taken in the trenches and evaluated with the SIARCS program. The density of fine (<0.5 cm of diameter) and thick roots (> 0.5 cm of diameter) were assessed. There was no difference between the two propagation systems for the density of fine roots in the planting row. The plants propagated by cuttings presented larger density of fine roots in the depth 0-0.25 m; and plants propagated by seeds showed more roots in the depths 0.25-0.50 and 0.50-0.75 m in the inter-row. The plants propagated by seeds presented larger density of thick roots than plants propagated by cuttings in the layers 0-0.25 and 0.25-0.50 m in the row and in the general density of roots (row + inter-row).
Downloads
Downloads
Published
How to Cite
Issue
Section
License
Semina: Ciências Agrárias adopts the CC-BY-NC license for its publications, the copyright being held by the author, in cases of republication we recommend that authors indicate first publication in this journal.
This license allows you to copy and redistribute the material in any medium or format, remix, transform and develop the material, as long as it is not for commercial purposes. And due credit must be given to the creator.
The opinions expressed by the authors of the articles are their sole responsibility.
The magazine reserves the right to make normative, orthographic and grammatical changes to the originals in order to maintain the cultured standard of the language and the credibility of the vehicle. However, it will respect the writing style of the authors. Changes, corrections or suggestions of a conceptual nature will be sent to the authors when necessary.
