A specialised soil corer for sampling tree roots

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doi:10.1071/SR06014

A specialised soil corer for sampling tree roots

Stanley Sochacki ^A ^B, Peter Ritson ^A, Bruce Brand ^A

^A Forest Products Commission & Cooperative Research Centre for Greenhouse Accounting, Rivervale 6103, WA, Australia.
^B Corresponding author. Email: stans@fpc.wa.gov.au





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Soil Research 45(2) 111–117 http://dx.doi.org/10.1071/SR06014
Submitted: 1 February 2006 Accepted: 15 February 2007 Published online: 28 March 2007

Abstract

Sampling and measurement of tree root systems is arduous, expensive, and time-consuming. The lack of adequate and efficient equipment has resulted in the development of a new soil-root sampling apparatus which is able to sample tree roots of any diameter and soils of any hardness. This apparatus is inexpensive, compact, manoeuvrable, and very versatile in application.

Keywords: soil cores, root sampling, coring.