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Annals of Botany 75: 533-539, 1995
© 1995 Annals of Botany Company

Growth and Development of Young Roots of Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) Genotypes

A. Wahbi and P. J. Gregory

Department of Soil Science, The University of Reading, Whiteknights, P.O. Box 233, Reading RG6 6DW, UK

Barley (Hordeum vulgare L.) genotypes from countries with a Mediterranean climate grown in temperature-controlled glasshouse in nutrient solution to determine whether the co-ordination of root branching and growth found by other workers applied to a wider of up to 14 genotypes. There was substantial variation in the number of seminal axes produced by the genotypes, ranging from about seven for Hoshimasari and Swanneck to about four for Gerbel 'B'. The number of nodal axes was linearly related to the number of leaves and typically between one and two mainstem leaves were required before nodal axes appeared. There were small genotypic differences in the number of axes produced per leaf with values ranging from 1·5 to 2·3. The production and growth of lateral roots were coordinated so that the mean length of laterals generally increased with time. Landraces (Arabic abiad and Arabic aswad) produced more lateral roots with a faster rate extension compared with other genotypes. The length and number of primary and secondary lateral roots were related linearly, but no genotypic differences in this relation were evident. Length of primary lateral roots increased more rapidly than that of secondary lateral roots throughout the three to five leaf stage. The ratio of root weight to total plant weight decreased with time but there were only small differences within this range of genotypes.Copyright 1995, 1999 Academic Press

Barley, seminal axes, nodal axes, primary lateral roots, relative extension rates, relative multiplication rates


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