2001 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Studies on Morphological Characteristics of Root Systems and Soil holding Abilities of Cover Plants
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11660042
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
植物保護
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| Research Institution | Utsunomiya University |
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Principal Investigator |
OGASAWARA Masaru CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WILD PLANTS, UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 野生植物科学研究センター, 助教授 (40194419)
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| Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) |
TAKEUCHI Yasutomo CENTER FOR RESEARCH ON WILD PLANTS, UTSUNOMIYA UNIVERSITY, ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR, 野生植物科学研究センター, 教授 (90008003)
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| Project Period (FY) |
1999 – 2001
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| Keywords | slope / cover crops / root / soil holding ability / rooting form / centiped grass / Centipedegras |
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| Research Abstract |
We conducted root box, cylinder column and field tests to examined the relation between root structure and soil holding abilities of several cover crops. Among 10 cover crops, Kentucky bluegrass, tall fescue, creeping red fescue, perennial ryegrass, orchardgrass, reed canarygrass, centiped grass, bahiagrass, weeping lovegrass and white clover, centiped grass showed the highest soil holding ability. Its soil holding ability was closely related with the root growth, especially the distribution of roots in soil and rooting form which comes out of the nodes.
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