Shoot and root dry weight, shoot-to-root ratio, and specific root branchingz of four southwestern landscape trees as affected by Cu(OH)2 treatments of inner container walls.
Tree species Cu(OH)2 | Dry weight (g) | Shoot to root ratio | Specific root branching [root length (m)/no. apical meristems] | |
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Shoot | Root | |||
Acacia smallii | ||||
+ | 125.1a | 66.2a | 2.0a | 0.017b |
- | 165.7a | 61.6a | 2.3a | 0.030a |
Acacia stenophylla | ||||
+ | 230.5a | 87.8a | 3.8a | 0.012b |
- | 217.6a | 67.4a | 2.7a | 0.042a |
Cercidium praeco | ||||
+ | 246.7a | 63.7a | 4.0a | 0.026a |
- | 248.3a | 64.5a | 3.8a | 0.053a |
Prosopis chilensis | ||||
+ | 203.6a | 127.7a | 2.1a | 0.023a |
- | 151.7b | 70.4b | 1.8a | 0.033a |
↵z Values are treatment means, n = 5. Means in columns within species followed by the same letter are not significantly different at P ≤0.05 using Fisher’s LSD test.