... littleinformation is available concerning the ability of field-fertilizedseedlings to avoid drought immediately following planting.This experiment was designed to examine the influence of ini-tial root ... also possible that the inherent variation in studying root proliferation relative to fertilizer placement in the field (i. e., precision of planting hole size, fertilizer depth,seedling placement, ... applyingCRF directly in the planting hole, such that nutrients arereleased in the immediate vicinity of the root system [2, 12, 14,23, 52]. However, fertilization in the planting hole may limitroot...