Root study is an important aspect of research for understanding how plants interact with the environment. However, sampling of roots is an arduous task. A technique using a motorised hammer and a STIBOKA soil column cylinder was found to greatly enhance the sampling of oil palm roots in mineral soil. It enables a team of three workers to rapidly sample roots from a palm in a day.

Keywords: mineral soils, motorised hammer, oil palm roots, root auger, root sampling technique, stibola soil