The integration of plant behaviour. - II. The influence of the shoot on the growth of roots in seedlings
- 2 April 1930
- journal article
- research article
- Published by The Royal Society in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London. Series B, Containing Papers of a Biological Character
- Vol. 106 (743), 182-188
- https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.1930.0020
Abstract
By the removal of the shoot in young maize or pea seedlings 2 opposite effects are produced, (1) a slight increase in the growth of the main root for a few days, (2) a great decrease in the growth of adventitious or secondary roots. By removal of the coleoptile alone (also in young maize seedlings), the growth of adventitious roots is decreased, but to a much less extent. The decrease in growth of lateral roots is probably similar to the decrease in the formation of roots in woody cuttings caused by removal of their buds, as found by van der Lek, and may be due to the lack of some favorable influence that normally comes from the young shoot.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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