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Systematic studies on root systems were started in the eighteenth century. With a simple excavation technique Hales (1727) dug out root systems of cultivated crops and determined their morphology, as well as their weight and length. Du Hamel Du Monceau (1764/65) excavated tree root systems. Then for over one hundred years no important root research was documented.
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Böhm, W. (1979). General Survey of Root-Study Methods. In: Methods of Studying Root Systems. Ecological Studies, vol 33. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-67282-8_2
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