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Fertilization of a young Scots pine stand for 6 years, applied as a solid once a year or dissolved in daily irrigation water, resulted in a greater increase in thickening at the base of the roots than of the stem. Daily irrigation by itself increased stem growth over the untreated condition but less than with fertilization. Root thickening was not apparently increased with irrigation and was probably reduced relative to the stem.
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Fayle, D.C.F., Axelsson, B. Effect of irrigation and fertilization on stem and root thickening at their junction in Scots pine. Plant Soil 88, 285–287 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02182456
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