Claim · model-written summary
High bulk density reduced plant height by 30% in both species.
Verbatim
t0“spreading orach (Atriplex patula) and common lambsquarters (Chenopodium album)”
e0“plant height by 30% at the high compared with the low bulk density”
Title
Manjula Maganti; Susan Weaver; Michael Downs Weed Science 2005. doi:10.1614/ws-04-143r
Other claims from this paper (15)
- Intervention effect High soil bulk density reduced the fine-root fraction by 10% in both species.
- Intervention effect High soil bulk density reduced total root length by 70% in both species.
- Intervention effect High bulk density reduced root dry weight by 50 to 60% in both species.
- Intervention effect High bulk density reduced shoot dry weight by 50 to 60% in both species.
- Intervention effect High bulk density reduced leaf area by 50 to 60% in both species.
- Observation Common lambsquarters rooted deeper than spreading orach at both moisture levels.
- Observation Common lambsquarters sustained growth better than spreading orach in drying columns.
- Intervention effect Watering regime did not alter rooting depth in either species.
- Observation Root length declined exponentially down the watered columns.
- Intervention effect Drying reduced root proliferation in the upper 20 cm.
- Intervention effect Drought decreased average root diameter in both species.
- Intervention effect Soil compaction increased average root diameter in both species.
- Observation Spreading orach seedlings survived waterlogging with little growth reduction.
- Intervention effect Waterlogging drastically reduced common lambsquarters survival, especially in cool soil.
- Intervention effect Waterlogging drastically reduced common lambsquarters growth, especially in cool soil.
Chenopodium album