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research article

Chlorine in plant nutrition: Experiments with plants in nutrient solutions establish chlorine as a micronutrient essential to plant growth

authors

Perry R. Stout, University of California, Berkeley.
C. M. Johnson, University of California, Berkeley.
T. C. Broyer, University of California, Berkeley.

publication information

California Agriculture 10(9):10-10. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v010n09p10. September 1956.

author affiliations

Perry R. Stout is Professor of Soil Science, University of California, Berkeley. C. M. Johnson is Associate Chemist, University of California, Berkeley. T. C. Broyer is Plant Physiologist, University of California, Berkeley.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

A severe nutritional deficiency disease occurred in tomato plants growing in experimental cultures after chlorine was removed from the nutrient solutions.