[{
  "type": "article-journal",
  "title": "ROOT MORPHOLOGY AND CHEMISTRY IN MANCHURIAN ASH (FRAXINUS MANDSHURICA) AND LARCH (LARIX GMELINII RUPR.) ARE DEPENDENT ON SPECIES, ROOT ORDER AND COMPETITION",
  "author": [
    {
      "family": "Salahuddin",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Razaq",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Khan",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Haider",
      "given": ""
    },
    {
      "family": "Lixue",
      "given": ""
    }
  ],
  "issued": {
    "date-parts": [[2020]]
  },
  "container-title": "Journal of Animal and Plant Sciences",
  "ISSN": "1018-7081",
  "volume": "30",
  "issue": "1",
  "page": "115-125",
  "DOI": "https://doi.org/10.36899/JAPS.2020.1.0014",
  "abstract": "<p>Interspecific variation in fine-root morphology and function is well documented. However, very less information is available regarding variation among monoculture and mixed-species plantations in temperate species. Thus, the present study used such plantations to investigate how belowground inter- and intraspecific competition influence major fine-root traits of larch (<em>Larix gmelinii</em>)and Manchurian ash (<em>Fraxinus mandshurica</em>). Overall root morphology, anatomy, and chemistry differed between species and root order (1&ndash;5). Specific root length, nitrogen concentration, and cortex: stele ratio was significantly higher in Manchurian ash, whereas root tissue density, stele diameter, and C/N ratio were significantly higher in larch. Additionally, when comparing the two species in a mixed plantation, root C concentration differed significantly between larch and Manchurian ash, but only for the second root order. However, root traits were largely similar across species within a given root order. In conclusion, critical root traits did not exhibit major intra- and interspecific differences, despite the ostensible presence of competition among tested plantations. Therefore, competition-induced root modification may not be a universal phenomenon in temperate trees.</p>",
  "publisher": "Pakistan Agricultural Scientists Forum",
  "URL": "https://thejaps.org.pk/AbstractView.aspx?mid=AG-18-0247"
}]