California Agriculture Online
California Agriculture Home  >   Volume 12   >   Number 6  >   Viewing HTML w/Links

research article

Zinc deficiency in the avocado: Application of zinc chelates to soils may solve the zinc problem in trees on land too steep for spray rig operation

authors

E. F. Wallihan, University of California
T. W. Embleton, University of California
Wilma Printy, University of California

publication information

California Agriculture 12(6):4-5. DOI: 10.3733/ca.v012n06p4. June 1958.

author affiliations

E. F. Wallihan is Associate Chemist in Soils and Plant Nutrition, University of California, Riverside. T. W. Embleton is Associate Horticulturist, University of California, Riverside. Wilma Printy is Senior Laboratory Technician, University of California, Riverside.

abstract

Abstract Not Available – First paragraph follows:

Zinc deficiency of avocado trees—a problem common in California orchards—has retarding effects on tree growth, fruit production and in some varieties causes the fruit to be more round than is characteristic for the variety, which reduces the market value.


  • Search Article Text 1946 to Present
Advanced Search