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Memoirs of the Department of Agriculture in India. Studies in Indian Sugarcanes No.4 Tillering Or Underground Branching.

1919

A further stimulus was thus added to the work and it was attempted to discover; in the branching of the cane varieties a means of tracing the origin of the cultivated canes from their wild ancestors and among the Indian canes to select such as might be considered the more primitive C. A. BARBER 41 and thus establish a connected series from the wild grasses to the thick canes of the tropics. [...] The facts observed during the previous year were utilized for the preparation of a definite scheme of observations and measurements the main purpose of which was the comparison of the branching systems of the different groups and the characters of the branches of different orders. [...] From the general formulae of canes at harvest obtained by averaging the dissections of all the plants of a variety it is seen that the branching in the various groups from the Wild Saccharums to the thick tropical canes is of the same nature but of very different degree (cf. [...] The main points to be held in view are the upward increase in thickness of the stem the protrusion of the buds from the leaf axils the increasing number and thickness of the roots developed on successive joints the continual lengthening and widening of the leaves so as not only to completely encircle the stem but also to enclose the younger parts in a set of enveloping sheaths and later on [...] As in the main shoot the leaves at first grow much faster than the stem and for a long time the actual growing points of the stems remain below the ground the height of the plant being judged by the length of the expanded leaves.
agriculture environment
Pages
169
Published in
India
SARF Document ID
sarf.141513
Segment Pages Author Actions
Frontmatter
i-viii C.A. Barber view
Introduction
39-45 unknown view
Part I. Morphological Considerations
46-57 unknown view
Part II. Tillbring
58-95 unknown view
Part III. Dissection of Stools
96-153 unknown view
Publlcations of the Imperial Department of Agriculture in India
i-iv unknown view

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