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Cation-exchange capacity and pectin gradients in leek root segments

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Cation-exchange capacity (C.E.C.), pectin, respiration, and nitrogen content have been measured in successive segments of leek roots over a distance of 140 mm from the root tip. All are highest at the root tip and decrease with increasing distance from the root tip.

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  1. Macaulay Institute for Soil Research, Aberdeen, Scotland

    W. M. Crooke, A. H. Knight & I. R. Macdonald

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Crooke, W.M., Knight, A.H. & Macdonald, I.R. Cation-exchange capacity and pectin gradients in leek root segments. Plant Soil 13, 123–127 (1960). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01394108

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