THE EFFECT OF TOP ENVIRONMENT AND FLOWERING UPON TOP-ROOT RATIOS
Open Access
- 1 July 1946
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Plant Physiology
- Vol. 21 (3), 332-344
- https://doi.org/10.1104/pp.21.3.332
Abstract
The environment in which the tops grew had a marked effect upon top-root ratio. This was not consistent, however, as neither a given photoperiod or a certain level of temp. produced like ratios with different spp. of plants. Flowering was consistently related to top-root ratio, the relative amt. of roots being smaller as the reproductive state was entered. It appears that the composition and reserve conditions within the top is obviously a large* if not the controlling factor in the production of roots and so, the top-root ratio.This publication has 5 references indexed in Scilit:
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