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An Experimental Container Adaptable for Soil‐Crop Investigations under Greenhouse and Outdoor Environments 1
Author(s) -
Timm Herman,
Perdue J. W.,
Puri Y. P.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1967.00021962005900060040x
Subject(s) - container (type theory) , greenhouse , environmental science , agronomy , yield (engineering) , crop , materials science , biology , metallurgy , composite material
A wooden, box‐like container for use in crop‐soil investigations is described. The container provides a soil volume comparable to that for field‐grown plants and is easily assembled. Forklift tractor power is necessary to move a soil‐filled container. When insulation is provided, soil temperature in the container varies less than 5 C from field soil temperature. Potato tuber yield per plant in container soil was equal to field yield.