From: Root biomass and soil carbon response to growing perennial grasses for bioenergy
Treatments | Root biomass (Mg ha−1) | ||||||
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Depths (cm) | |||||||
0–10 | 10–20 | 20–40 | 40–60 | 60–80 | 80–100 | 0–100 | |
Grass mixture 1 | 11.98 | 1.54 | 2.34 | 1.15 | 1.32 | 0.58 | 18.54a* |
Grass mixture 2 | 11.64 | 1.34 | 2.38 | 1.73 | 0.87 | 1.06 | 18.17a |
Shawnee | 14.41 | 1.84 | 1.61 | 1.13 | 0.65 | 0.81 | 20.27a |
Kanlow N1 | 12.47 | 2.53 | 2.78 | 1.59 | 1.05 | 0.89 | 20.27a |
Miscanthus (Mxg) | 9.21 | 2.22 | 3.78 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.74 | 16.79ab |
Chief | 6.82 | 1.29 | 1.38 | 1.12 | 0.71 | 0.50 | 10.63b |
LSD 0.10 | 6.70 | 1.32 | 2.44 | 0.84 | 0.49 | 0.86 | 1.59 |