The nutrition of the carrot. II. Grown in a fen soil
- 1 January 1945
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in The Journal of Agricultural Science
- Vol. 35 (1) , 30-32
- https://doi.org/10.1017/s0021859600007875
Abstract
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.This publication has 1 reference indexed in Scilit:
- The nutrition of the carrotAnnals of Applied Biology, 1943