Table 2.

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)2Dry weight (g)Shoot to root ratioSpecific root branching [root length (m)/no. apical meristems]
ShootRoot
Acacia smallii
+125.1a66.2a2.0a0.017b
-165.7a61.6a2.3a0.030a
Acacia stenophylla
+230.5a87.8a3.8a0.012b
-217.6a67.4a2.7a0.042a
Cercidium praeco
+246.7a63.7a4.0a0.026a
-248.3a64.5a3.8a0.053a
Prosopis chilensis
+203.6a127.7a2.1a0.023a
-151.7b70.4b1.8a0.033a
  • 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.