Aa. Salih, ROOT AND SHOOT GROWTH OF PROSOPIS-CHILENSIS IN RESPONSE TO SOIL IMPEDANCE AND SOIL MATRIC POTENTIAL, Journal of arid environments, 40(1), 1998, pp. 43-52
The suitability of Prosopis chilensis for reforestation under conditio
ns of high soil bulk density and high moisture stress was examined in
a greenhouse study at the University of California, Riverside. Root gr
owth was greatly reduced at high bulk density (2.1 Mg m(-3)) and high
moisture stress (-1.0 MPa). However, adverse effects of high bulk dens
ity were greatly reduced at low moisture stress. Rate of root growth w
as adequate for good tree establishment in soils with medium bulk dens
ity (1.7 Mg m(-3)). Prosopis chilensis could be successfully grown on
dense soils provided good moisture conditions were available for suffi
cient time. (C) 1998 Academic Press.