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.
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* Palm Oil Research Institute of Malaysia,
P.O. Box 10620, 50720 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
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