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Littlejohn, G. M., and S. Gertse. "GENETIC VARIATION IN ROOTABILITY OF LEUCOSPERMUM HYBRIDS." Acta Horticulturae, no. 545 (February 2001): 187–90. http://dx.doi.org/10.17660/actahortic.2001.545.25.

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Bergmann, B. A., W. P. Hackett, and H. Pellett. "Comparison of Rootability of Stem Cuttings from Seedlings of Aesculus sp. and Mature Aesculus × arnoldiana ‘Autumn Splendor’." Journal of Environmental Horticulture 6, no. 2 (June 1, 1988): 69–71. http://dx.doi.org/10.24266/0738-2898-6.2.69.

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Rootability was evaluated for stem cuttings taken at varying positions and developmental stages from seedlings of Aesculus and from the mature trees of Aesculus × arnoldiana ‘Autumn Splendor’. Rooting was 100% for cuttings taken from 2-week-old seedlings and 0% for those obtained from the crown of the mature tree 2 months after commencement of spring growth flush. Intermediate rootability was found for cuttings taken from 1-month-old seedlings and from the 2 week-old growth of suckers at the base of the mature tree. Rooting of cuttings with intermediate rooting potential was increased by a quick dip treatment with 2500 ppm indole-3-butyric acid (IBA) or by using apical rather than basal stem segments. Commercially acceptable rooting was not achieved using cuttings from root suckers or the crown of Aesculus ‘Augumn Splendor’.

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Moura, E. G., P. D. Hallett, S. J. Mooney, F. R. Silva, V. R. A. Macedo, and A. C. F. Aguiar. "Physiological and yield response in maize in cohesive tropical soil is improved through the addition of gypsum and leguminous mulch." Journal of Agricultural Science 158, no. 1-2 (March 2020): 57–64. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s0021859620000192.

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AbstractTropical soils tend to harden during drying due to the generally low content of free-iron and organic carbon, combined with high fine sand and silt proportions. It was hypothesized that the change in soil physical condition induced by the addition of a leguminous mulch in cohesive tropical soil enriched with calcium may mitigate soil hardening through wetting and drying cycles by rain or irrigation, thereby improving the soil rootability. A leguminous mulch was added in different concentrations to a structurally fragile tropical soil enriched with calcium, which then had different irrigation intervals. The treatments were with or without mulch (10 t/ha), with or without added nitrogen (100 kg/ha at 2 intervals) and two irrigation intervals. In 2015 the irrigation intervals were either 4 or 8 days, and in 2016 they were either 6 or 9 days. Two years were used in the attempt to achieve greater differences, as for tested variables, between treatments. Maize planted in these soil treatments was measured for physiological performance, water use efficiency and yield. Mulch used on structurally fragile tropical soil enriched with calcium was found to delay increased penetration resistance from hardening by wet/dry cycles. In this context, an improved soil rootability led to an enlargement of the leaf area index, greater nitrogen uptake and increased CO2 assimilation. This had important physiological consequences due to the positive effect on increased dry matter production and maize yield. In addition, these results suggested that mulch, used with urea, can delay the water supply for 3 or 4 days due to improvements in soil rootability caused by calcium and organic matter interactions. This may be crucial to a region where small intervals without rain are increasingly common due to global climate change. Therefore, due to a greater water use efficiency, this strategy may be a profitable way to increase crop productivity in tropical conditions rather than increasing water and nutrient application alone.

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Myszewski, Jennifer H., Floyd E. Bridgwater, and Thomas D. Byram. "Determination of the Minimum Number of Stool Bed Ortets Required to Capture a Desirable Genotype from Full-Sibling Family Crosses." Southern Journal of Applied Forestry 27, no. 3 (August 1, 2003): 160–63. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/sjaf/27.3.160.

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Abstract Two important questions for clonal forestry are: (1) how many ortets must be established to ensure that one or more of the best genotypes in a family will be available for field tests and plantation establishment; and (2) how certain can one be that at least one top genotype will be present in a sample of n ortets. In this study, we calculated the level of confidence (LOC) in having included one or more desirable, rootable genotypes in a random sample of n ortets from a full-sibling family. We also calculated the number of unique ortets required to achieve a given LOC in having included one or more desirable, rootable genotypes in a sample. In general, when the sample size is small, either because the original number of ortets was low or because of poor rootability, the LOC is lower. When rootability is low or when only a small percentage of the possible genotypes is considered desirable, the original number of ortets required to achieve a given LOC is higher. Both LOC and sample size are highly influenced by the target number of desirable genotypes to be captured in a sample of ortets. South. J. Appl. For. 27(3):160–163.

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Polukhina, Elena Vladimirovna, and Natalia Vladimirovna Tyutyuma. "Rooting capacity of grape cuttings in the north-western caspian region." Agrarian Scientific Journal, no. 2 (February 18, 2021): 37–40. http://dx.doi.org/10.28983/asj.y2021i2pp37-40.

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Experience in studying the rootability of grape cuttings was conducted on the territory of the vineyard of the Precaspian agrarian federal scientific center of the Russian academy of sciences, located in the Chernoyarsky district of the Astrakhan region. The research period is from 2015 to 2019. The relevance of the research is due to the insufficient availability of local planting material in the regions of the Russian Federation, as well as the high efficiency of the method for obtaining grape seedlings on their own roots. The purpose of the research was to study the survival rate of grape cuttings in the crop and identify varieties that are characterized by the best rooting ability. The article presents data on the ability to root cuttings of grapes of 18 table varieties of different maturation periods. The lowest rooting rate in the experiment had varieties Cardinal, Straseni, Memory Negros, the Gift to Zaporozhye, Karaburnu. It was found that the use of early – maturing varieties Kodryanka, Bogatyrsky, Lora, middle – matured-Husain pink and Lowland, late-matured-Moscow, Sevan, Soviet, the level of rootability of which varied from 44.2 to 71.4 %, is optimal for obtaining root-related seedlings of grapes.These varieties have a good ability to rhizogenesis, which allows us to recommend them for accelerated propagation of grape varieties.

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Dunsin, O., G. Ajiboye, and T. Adeyemo. "Effect of alternative hormones on the rootability of Parkia biglobosa." Journal of Agriculture, Forestry and the Social Sciences 12, no. 2 (March 22, 2016): 69. http://dx.doi.org/10.4314/joafss.v12i2.8.

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Raviv, M., O. Reuveni, and E. E. Goldschmidt. "The physiological basis for loss of rootability with age in avocado seedlings." Tree Physiology 3, no. 2 (June 1, 1987): 115–22. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/treephys/3.2.115.

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Curir, Paolo, Salvatore Sulis, Francesco Mariani, Christian F. van Sumere, Augusto Marchesini, and Marcello Dolci. "Influence of endogenous phenols on rootability of Chamaelaucium uncinatum Schauer stem cuttings." Scientia Horticulturae 55, no. 3-4 (September 1993): 303–14. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-4238(93)90041-n.

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Piskornik, Z., M. Piskornik, and F. Goc. "The influence of indolebutyric acid, sampling-dates and juvenility on the rooting of filbert (Corylus sp.) cuttings." Acta Agrobotanica 35, no. 2 (2013): 167–74. http://dx.doi.org/10.5586/aa.1982.016.

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Propagation of filberts (= hazelnuts) by cuttings taken from long shoots (adult cuttings) and offshoots (juvenile cuttings) was attempted. The influence of sampling-dates, source of cuttings and of application of indolebutyric acid (IBA) was investigated. The best results were obtained when cuttings were taken in June and treated with IBA (50 mg/l<sup>-1</sup> for 18 h). Juvenile cuttings, obtained from offshoots rooted better than those from long shoots of the crown. The rootability of cuttings varied in the investigated filbert cultivars. The results suggest the possibility of propagating filbert by cuttings.

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Puente, Javier, and Juan A. Marín. "In vitro rootability of clonal apple microcuttings, derived from rooted and unrooted shoots." Scientia Horticulturae 68, no. 1-4 (March 1997): 227–30. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-4238(96)00987-9.

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Novikova, I. A., I. V. Smirnova, O. M. Vyutnova, E. A. Evseeva, T. Yu Polyanina, and N. A. Ratnikova. "Assessment of the safety of chicory root crops during winter storage." Vegetable crops of Russia, no. 6 (December 26, 2020): 135–37. http://dx.doi.org/10.18619/2072-9146-2020-6-135-137.

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Relevance and methods. For the production of chicory seeds, care must be taken not only to obtain a high-grade source material, i.e. varietal seeds and masterbatch root crops, but also to store the resulting root crops in winter with minimal losses. The main requirement for growing mother chicory root crops is the placement of crops on fertile soils that are clean of weeds. Installed. That on podzolized loams the best dose of mineral fertilizers for this crop is N45P120K60, where an increased dose of superphosphate increases the yield and rootability of Queen cells, increases seed productivity for the second year. Materials and methods. The purpose of this work is to analyze the safety of root crops of chicory root and the degree of their damage by root rot during winter storage in plastic bags in burts. The purpose of the study is to identify the best way to store the mother chicory root crops and the effect of reproduction on the rootability of root crops in winter. Questions of storage of the mother material of root chicory were studied in the laboratory of selection and seed production on the example of the Petrovsky variety in 2017-2019. The material for research was the families of chicory of the Petrovsky variety in the control and elite nursery. Results. The obtained data show that when evaluating and selecting families for the purpose of obtaining highly productive seed material, the safety of root crops in long-term winter storage should be taken into account. If its values are low, the entire family should be completely excluded from the process of primary seed production. In selection and seed-growing work, a mandatory component of the assessment should be the safety of root crops during long-term winter storage.

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Sagee, O., M. Raviv, Sh Medina, D. Becker, and A. Cosse. "Involvement of rooting factors and free IAA in the rootability of citrus species stem cuttings." Scientia Horticulturae 51, no. 3-4 (September 1992): 187–95. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-4238(92)90118-v.

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Cutlan, A., J. E. Erwin, H. Huntington, and J. Huntington. "Photoperiod and Temperature Affect Lamium, Scaevola, Verbena, and Calibracoa Development and Propagation." HortScience 32, no. 3 (June 1997): 466C—466. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.32.3.466c.

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Lamium maculatum L. `White Nancy', Scaevola aemula R. `New Blue Wonder', Verbena × hybrida Groenl. & Ruempl. `Tapian Blue', and Calibracoa × hybrida `Cherry Pink' were placed under different photoperiod treatments at constant 15, 20, 25, or 30 ± 2°C air temperature. Photoperiod treatments were 9 hr, ambient daylight (≈8 hr) plus night interruption lighting (2200–0200 hr, 2 μmol·m–2·s–1 from incandescent lamps), or ambient daylight plus continuous light (100 μmol·m–2·s–1 light from high-pressure sodium lamps). Data on plant development and rootability of cuttings from each environment was collected. Days to anthesis was lowest when plants were grown under the continuous lighting treatment across species. Verbena and Calibracoa stem elongation was greatest when grown under 30°C under continuous lighting. Species were classified as to photoperiodic flower induction groups. Implications of these data with respect to propagating and finishing these crops are discussed.

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MOURA, E. G., A. K. C. OLIVEIRA, G. COUTINHO, K. M. PINHEIRO, and A. C. F. AGUIAR. "Management of a cohesive tropical soil to enhance rootability and increase the efficiency of nitrogen and potassium use." Soil Use and Management 28, no. 3 (July 18, 2012): 370–77. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1475-2743.2012.00424.x.

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El-Azab, El-Azab, Mohamed Sourour, Mahmoud Ali, and Hany El-Alakmy. "EFFECT OF SOME GROWTH REGULATORS AND ANTIOXIDANTS ON ROOTABILITY UNDER HYDROPONIC SYSTEM CULTURE OF SOME FRUIT SPECIES CUTTINGS." Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences 5, no. 1 (April 1, 2016): 83–98. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/sinjas.2016.78634.

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Aliyu, OM. "Clonal propagation in cashew (Anacardium occidentale): effect of rooting media on the rootability and sprouting of air-layers." Tropical Science 47, no. 2 (2007): 65–72. http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/ts.198.

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Eremina, Oksana Viktorovna, Viktor Gennadievich Eremin, and Ekaterina Aleksandrovna Smirnova. "ROOTABILITY OF PERSPECTIVE CLONAL ROOTSTOCKS FOR SWEET CHERRY AND SOUR CHERRY AND THEIR COMPATIBILITY WITH SCION IN THE NURSERY." Fruit growing and viticulture of South Russia 4, no. 64 (July 15, 2020): 118–27. http://dx.doi.org/10.30679/2219-5335-2020-4-64-118-127.

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El-Alakmy, Hany. "ROOTABILITY GROUND AND AERIAL OFFSHOOTS OF SOME DATE PALM CULTIVARS GROWN IN NORTH SINAI USING METAL NANOPARTICLES AND NAA." Zagazig Journal of Agricultural Research 47, no. 1 (February 1, 2020): 23–38. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/zjar.2020.70063.

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Dunsin, O., C. M. Aboyeji, A. O. Adekiya, K. A. Adegbite, O. T. V. Adebiyi, T. O. Adeyemo, A. Joseph, and D. M. F. Dunsin. "Data on the rootability of Parkia biglobosa using pure honey, Coconut Water and Moringa Leaf Extract as an alternative hormones." Data in Brief 21 (December 2018): 511–15. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.dib.2018.10.002.

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Moura, E. G., V. G. L. Sena, C. C. M. Sousa, F. R. Silva, M. J. A. Coelho, V. R. A. Macedo, and A. C. F. Aguiar. "Enhancement of the rootability of a structurally fragile tropical soil using gypsum and leguminous residues to increase the yield of maize." Soil Use and Management 32, no. 1 (February 1, 2016): 118–26. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/sum.12251.

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ElTaweel, Marwa, Mohamed ElDeep, Mohamed Sourour, and Hany El-Alakmy. "EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA AND SOME PLANT EXTRACTS ON ROOTABILITY OF AERIAL HAYANY DATE PALM OFFSHOOTS A- ROOTING PARAMETERS AND SURVIVAL (%)." Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences 4, no. 3 (December 1, 2015): 165–76. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/sinjas.2015.78583.

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ElTaweel, Marwa, Mohamed ElDeep, Mohamed Sourour, and Hany El-Alakmy. "EFFECT OF PLANT GROWTH PROMOTING RHIZOBACTERIA AND SOME PLANT EXTRACTS ON ROOTABILITY OF AERIAL HAYANY DATE PALM OFFSHOOTS B- VEGETATIVE GROWTH AND ECONOMIC REVENUE." Sinai Journal of Applied Sciences 4, no. 3 (December 1, 2015): 177–86. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/sinjas.2015.78585.

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Muhamed, Hassan Najman, and Nasser Abdusalam Dawod. "The Effect of Iba and Cutting Diameter on Inducing Roots of Cotinus Coggygria Scop. and Rhus Coriaria L. (Anacardiaceae)." Science Journal of University of Zakho 5, no. 2 (June 30, 2017): 193. http://dx.doi.org/10.25271/2017.5.2.367.

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Because of the difficulty in their vegetative propagation, both Rhus coriaria L. and Cotinus coggygria Scop. (Ancardaceae) are rarely introduced into the forest nursery trade. Vegetative propagation is practiced in forestry to produce seedlings of desired genetic properties within a short period and when seeds displaying a status of complex dormancy. In the present study, the possibility of the multiplication by stem cuttings was studied for Sumac, the high ethnobotanical shrub value and for Cotinus, the endangered shrub, to give more insight into their propagation technique. Between January-July 2014, using complete randomized block design (C.R.B.D) in four replicates, we evaluated the effectiveness of applying four different Indole-3-Butyric Acid (IBA) concentration to two stems cutting diameters in producing C. coggygria and R. coriaria. However, the former species due to the poor survival percentage (lower 5%) excluded from the analysis. Optimum results of C. coggygria were obtained with IBA 20000 mg.l -1 and cutting diameter more than 1 cm. (rooting % 60, number of roots 17.33, number of branches 3.75 and the number of leaves 19.33 while nonsignificant increase was recorded in root length. 16.33 cm.). The results indicated that Cotinus is relatively easy to propagate by stem cutting in comparing with Sumac with rootability increases significantly with increasing of IBA concentration and stem cutting diameter. Further studies are needed for more reasonable rooting results to meet the large quantity demand of elite seedling material that could be later used to restore the natural populations of C. coggygria and R. coriaria.

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Noiton, D., J. H. Vine, and M. G. Mullins. "Effects of serial subculture in vitro on the endogenous levels of indole-3-acetic acid and abscisic acid and rootability in microcuttings of ?Jonathan? apple." Plant Growth Regulation 11, no. 4 (November 1992): 377–83. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00130645.

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George*, Laurie J., and John E. Preece. "The Influence of Location of Main Stem Segment Origin on Forcing and Rooting of Softwood Shoots of Betula nigra L." HortScience 39, no. 4 (July 2004): 890C—890. http://dx.doi.org/10.21273/hortsci.39.4.890c.

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The objective of this study was to investigate the effects of the position on the main stem that large stem segments were harvested from on forcing and subsequent rooting of Betula nigra L. (river birch) softwood shoots. The main trunks of eight adult-phase native trees (four trees per run of the experiment) were cut into 50-cm long segments from the ground up. The segments placed in horizontally in 52 × 25 × 6.5 cm (l × w × h) flats containing perlite and were positioned so the bottom one-third of the stem was within the medium. Shoots were forced under natural photoperiod and intermittent mist. This experiment was conducted twice. Data were collected weekly for fourteen weeks on the number of softwood shoots each segment produced, shoot length, number of rootable shoots (>6 cm long), the length of time that the stem segments produced rootable shoots, and the rootability of these shoots treated with 3000 ppm IBA in talc. The number of harvested shoots was greater in Run 1, with the basal segments producing the most harvestable shoots. However, the upper segments in Run 2 produced the most harvestable shoots. Softwood shoots that rooted were placed under intermittent mist. Out of the 540 harvested shoots for both runs, 82.4% rooted, with the majority of those from Run 1. Shoots harvested from this run began producing roots about 6 weeks after harvest, and continued until the end of the experiment. Run 2 shoots began root initiation about 3 weeks after harvest and ended about 2 weeks before the end of the experiment. Run 1 had an mean of 8.3 roots per shoot and Run 2 had an mean of 6.2 roots. The relationship between juvenility and shoot forcing and subsequent rooting will be discussed.

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Kalia, Sanjay, R. K. Kalia, and S. K. Sharma. "Evaluation of Clonal Variability in Shoot Coppicing Ability and in vitro Responses of Dalbergia sissoo Roxb." Silvae Genetica 53, no. 1-6 (December 1, 2004): 212–20. http://dx.doi.org/10.1515/sg-2004-0039.

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Summary Clonal variations were observed amongst 12 clones of Dalbergia sissoo belonging to four states (U.P, Uttaranchal, Haryana and Rajasthan) of India, representing four different geographical zones in respect of ex vitro shoot coppicing ability and in vitro responses. Coppicing ability of shoot hedges of clones exhibited significant variation which ranged from average of 13.81 coppiced shoots (Clone 40, Uttar Pradesh) to 9.29 (Clone 64, Haryana). Comparative analysis of clones from different regions in respect to their coppicing ability revealed that clones from U.P had higher coppicing ability whereas those from Haryana proved to be least coppicers. Regional variations were also exhibited in the in vitro multiple bud induction ability on nodal explants excised from shoot hedges of clones (mean number of buds induced and percentage of cultures forming multiple buds). Regional as well as inter clonal variations were recorded in the shoot proliferation efficiency as well as rootability of microshoots of these clones as well as their optimal plant growth regulator requirements. BAP alone (2.5 μM) was sufficient for inducing multiple buds on cultured nodal explants of Uttaranchal and Uttar Pradesh region clones. On the contrary, clones from Rajasthan and Haryana had higher optimal requirement of BAP and in addition, they required media to be supplemented with auxin (NAA) for induction of multiple buds on explants. Correlation analysis between shoot coppicing ability of clones and in vitro performances of explants of these clones cultured on 2.5 μM BAP indicates a positive correlation. Observation lays credence to our view that these characters are genetically controlled and shoot coppicing can be used as a marker character in optimizing in vitro performance of clones. Using the information generated by this paper in vitro production of elite planting material can be maximized by ameliorating plant growth regulator requirement in the medium.

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"Factors Influencing Rootability of Dracaena Cuttings." Assiut Journal of Agricultural Sciences 46, no. 2 (April 18, 2015): 71–79. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ajas.2015.559.

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"Effect of alternative hormones on the rootability of parkia biglobosa." Scientia Agriculturae 13, no. 2 (February 15, 2016). http://dx.doi.org/10.15192/pscp.sa.2016.13.2.113118.

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Abdel-Rahman, Sayed. "Adverse Effects of Salt Stress on Rootability of Rosmarinus officinalis Cuttings and their Alleviation by Indole-3-Butyric Acid (IBA) and Bacillus subtilis." Egyptian Journal of Horticulture, December 22, 2019, 0. http://dx.doi.org/10.21608/ejoh.2019.18698.1121.

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Monaci, Elga, Serena Polverigiani, Davide Neri, Michele Bianchelli, Rodolfo Santilocchi, Marco Toderi, Paride D'Ottavio, and Costantino Vischetti. "Effect of contrasting crop rotation systems on soil chemical, biochemical properties and plant root growth in organic farming: first results." Italian Journal of Agronomy 11 (September 1, 2017). http://dx.doi.org/10.4081/ija.2017.831.

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Organic farming is claimed to improve soil fertility. Nonetheless, among organic practices, net C-inputs may largely vary in amount and composition and produce different soil conditions for microbial activity and plant-root system adaptation and development. In this study, we hypothesised that, in the regime of organic agriculture, soil chemical and biochemical properties can substantially differ under contrasting crop rotation systems and produce conditions of soil fertility to which the plant responds through diverse growth and production. The impact of 13 years of Alfalfa-Crop rotation (P-C) and Annual Crop rotation (A-C) was evaluated on the build up of soil organic carbon (SOC), active (light fraction organic matter, LFOM; water soluble organic carbon, WSOC) and humic fraction (fulvic acids carbon, FAC; humic acids carbon, HAC), soil biochemical properties (microbial biomass carbon, MBC; basal respiration, dBR; alkaline phosphatase AmP; arylsulfatase ArS; orto-diphenoloxidase, o-DPO) and the amount of available macro-nutrients (N, P, and S) at two different soil depths (0-10 cm and 10-30 cm) before and after cultivation of wheat. We also studied the response of root morphology, physiology and yield of the plant-root system of wheat. Results showed that the level of soil fertility and plant-root system behaviour substantially differed under the two crop rotation systems investigated here. We observed high efficiency of the P-C soil in the build up of soil organic carbon, as it was 2.9 times higher than that measured in the A-C soil. With the exception of o-DPO, P-C soil always showed a higher level of AmP and ArS activity and an initial lower amount of available P and S. The P-C soil showed higher rootability and promoted thinner roots and higher root density. In the P-C soil conditions, the photosynthesis and yield of durum wheat were also favoured. Finally, cultivation of wheat caused an overall depletion of the accrued fertility of soil, mainly evident in the P-C soil, which maintained a residual higher level of all the chemical and biochemical properties tested.

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