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ROOT GROWTH [1 record]

Record 1 2002-10-02

English

Subject field(s)
  • Botany
  • Plant Biology
  • Silviculture
DEF

A durable volume increase of a root or root system.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Botanique
  • Biologie végétale
  • Sylviculture
CONT

La présence d'une phase gazeuse suffisamment riche en oxygène est indispensable pour la survie, le bon fonctionnement (absorption de l'eau et des sels minéraux) et la croissance des racines, chez la plupart des espèces cultivées, prairiales et forestières.

CONT

[...] à moins d'un ou deux mètres de profondeur [les nappes] provoquent une anaérobiose qui bloque la croissance racinaire [...]

Spanish

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