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Wheat growth responses of cultivars to H+ concentration

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Shoot length (cm), shoot fresh weight (g/pot), root length (cm), and root fresh weight (g/pot) were measured on six cultivars of wheat (Triticum aestivum L. cv Saluda, C9733, Gore, Stacy, FL301, and FL302) grown at pH 6.0, 5.5, 5.0, 4.5, or 4.0 for 14 days in ‘white quartz flintshot’ sand. Plants were watered on alternate days with pH-adjusted buffer solutions. All measured plant parameters decreased as H+ concentration increased from pH 6.0 to 4.0. Decreased lengths of shoots and roots were similar among the cultivars as the pH decreased. This indicated a uniform response of wheat cultivars to excess H+ concentration in the soil solution; however, the decrease in shoot and root length was only about 50% as large as was previously reported for sorghum [Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.].

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  1. Department of Agronomy, University of Georgia Agricultural Experiment Stations, Georgia Station, 30223-1797, Griffin, GA, USA

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Johnson, J.W., Wilkinson, R.E. Wheat growth responses of cultivars to H+ concentration. Plant Soil 146, 55–59 (1992). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00011995

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