This experiment was carried out in pots containing a Dark Red Latosol (Acrortox, loamy sand), to evaluate the effect of sub-soil compaction on root growth of six cover crop species (black oats, pigeonpea, pearl millet, black mucuna, sorghum and blue lupin). The treatments consisted of three sub-soil compaction rates at a 15 cm depth, where bulk densities of 1,12, 1,36 and 1,60 Mg m-3 were established. Cover crop species were grown for a period of 37 to 39 days after emergence, when they were […]