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A Technique for Making Thin Sections of Soil with Roots in Place
Author(s) -
Lund Z. F.,
Beals H. O.
Publication year - 1965
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1965.03615995002900050044x
Subject(s) - orientation (vector space) , embedding , colored , particle (ecology) , root (linguistics) , surface (topology) , characterisation of pore space in soil , interface (matter) , identification (biology) , thin section , dehydration , materials science , geometry , mathematics , computer science , geology , botany , mineralogy , chemistry , composite material , porosity , artificial intelligence , biology , linguistics , oceanography , philosophy , biochemistry , capillary number , capillary action
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.