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Tomato and pea seedlings were grown for 14d and 28d with shoots in constant specific activity14CO2 and the amounts and distribution of carbon within the plants and of that released into the soil from the roots were measured. The estimates of carbon loss were derived from measurements of14CO2 respired from both the root and the accompanying microbial population and from the root derived14C-labelled organic carbon compounds in the soil. The relationship between plant growth and the loss of carbon and distribution of carbon within the plants are discussed.
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Whipps, J.M. Carbon loss from the roots of tomato and pea seedlings grown in soil. Plant Soil 103, 95–100 (1987). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02370673
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