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The nutrition of the carrot. II. Grown in a fen soil

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

Rowland Marcus Woodman
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge University
Harold Paver
Affiliation:
School of Agriculture, Cambridge University

Extract

Carrots of Chantenay type wefe grown in cultures of a black fen soil shown by analysis to be deficient in phosphate but normal as regards potash. When phosphate was absent, the cotyledons, and sometimes the whole of the foliage, were dark bronze in colour. There was a statistically significant increase in yield following applications of phosphate, but a tendency for applied nitrogen and potash to diminish yield.

We thank F. Shaw, Esq., N.D.H., of the Cambs. C.C. Staff for Agricultural Education, for his assistance in obtaining the fen soil used in this experiment.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1945

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