Resources Tagged: Roots

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  1. Tree Roots: Facts and Fallacies

    Abstract, Plant roots can grow anywhere-in the soil, on the surface of the soil, in the water, and even in the air. Except for the first formed roots that respond positively to gravity, most roots do not grow toward anything or in any particular direction. Root growth is essentially opportunistic...
    Agroforestry Roots Trees

  2. In-ground Irrigation and Fertirrigation Irrigation System in the Hybrid Eucalyptus grancam

    Abstract, As the demand for products from timberlands has been increasing, the genera Eucalyptus has highlighted for its yield potential and also due to its great adaptation to Brazilian soils, which are in general moderately acid. Therefore, the aim was to evaluate the growth of the hybrid...
    Agroforestry Roots Irrigation

  3. Bean Root Architecture

    20.12.2010 Evaluating the Underground Foundation Roots explore the soil for water and nutrients providing the foundation for growth and development. Understanding how root traits influence water and nutrient uptake can be important for crop varietal selection and improvement. Presenter :Katy Barlow,...
    Roots Bean Root Architec...

  4. Roots, tubers, plantains, and bananas in human nutrition.

    Key Resource This book provides and extensive overview of all aspects of these much-neglected crops, ranging from their history, popularization and production to their nutritional value and potential toxcity.
    Tubers Roots Plantains Bananas

  5. Understanding Roots Discover How to Make You Garden Flourish

    Understanding Rootsuncovers one of the greatest mysteries underground―the secret lives and magical workings of the roots that move and grow invisibly beneath our feet. Roots, it seems, do more than just keep a plant from falling over: they gather water and nutrients, exude wondrous elixirs to...
    Compost Fertilization Roots Root Growth Root Systems

  6. Understanding The Production Of The Major Tropical/Sub-Tropical Root Crops Sweet Potatoes, Yams And Cocoyams

    01.01.1984 Root crops is a general term commonly used for a wide variety of food plants that have an underground storage organ known as a root, tuber (rhizome), corm, or bulb. Root crops are rich in starch, and low in protein and oil. They are excellent sources of calories. Some are consumed as major...
    Downloads VITA Cocoyams Yams Sweet Potato Tubers Roots and Tubers Roots Sub-Tropics Subtropical Agricu...

  7. Curcuma zedoaria - Zedorary (Ornamental Ginger)

    Edible portion:Leaves, Rhizome, Root, Flowers, Spice, Vegetable A herb 1-2 m tall. It forms tillers. It keeps growing from year to year. It has long leaves which form a sheath at the bottom. The leaves are 30-60 cm long by 7-8 cm wide. They have red spots along the middle vein. The flowers are...
    Vegetables Spices Edible Flowers Roots Rhizobium Edible Leaves Ginger Ornamental Ginger

  8. Alpinia galanga - Greater Galangal

    Edible portion : Rhizome, Roots, Leaves, Seeds, Herb, Spice, Flowers, Vegetable A herb which grows year after year. It grows to 1.6 m high and spreads to 1 m across. The rootstock creeps under the ground. This is round like a cylinder and branches. This thick rhizome can be 10-12 cm long by 3 cm...
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  9. Allium tuberosum

    Edible portion : Flowers, Leaves, Root, Bulb, Herb, Vegetable An onion family plant. It is a herb which keeps growing year after year. It can be 40 cm high. It grows in clumps. These onions have rhizomes but no real bulbs. The leaves are long and grass like, and flat and solid. They are 15-30 cm...
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  10. Heliconia rostrata - Hanging Lobster Claw

    Edible portion : Root A herb. It keeps growing from year to year. The leaf stalks can be 7 m long and look like banana leaves. The leaves are 1-2 m long. The flowers hang downward. The bracts are yellow with green tips. They are like a parrot's beak. It is a tropical plant. It grows in areas with...
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