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research article

Washington navel orange juice: Quality and mineral composition affected by chemical fertilizers, manure and covercrops

authors

W. Jones Winston, Experiment Station, Riverside
E. R. Parker, Experiment Station, Riverside

publication information

California Agriculture 4(6):6-15. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v004n06p6. June 1950.

author affiliations

Winston W. Jones is Associate Horticulturist in the Experiment Station, Riverside. E. R. Parker is Horticulturist in the Experiment Station, Riverside.

abstract

Not available – first paragraph follows:

The composition of Washington Navel orange juice is influenced by fertilizers, as shown in field experiments with Navels on sweet orange rootstock. Effects of nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium fertilizers—as well as manure and winter covercrops—were studied.

author notes

The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 594.