A Technique for Making Thin Sections of Soil with Roots in Place

Autor: Lund, Z. F., Beals, H. O.
Zdroj: Soil Science Society of America Journal; September 1965, Vol. 29 Issue: 5 p633-635, 3p
Abstrakt: A short dehydration series was combined with a plasti‐embedding technique to study cotton roots in place. This was an effort to see if there was much particle orientation at the root surface‐soil interface. A limited number of sections failed to show much orientation but did show a packing effect. The use of colored plastic was investigated. It greatly facilitates thin section work as it makes identification of pore space much easier.
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