Soluble salt injury to gardenia: Often traced to excessive use of chemical fertilizers or to salts in the water supply

Wilhelm, S; Pyfrom, H

Soluble salt injury to gardenia: Often traced to excessive use of chemical fertilizers or to salts in the water supply

Authors

Stephen Wilhelm
H. T. Pyfrom

Authors Affiliations

Stephen Wilhelm is Assistant Professor of Plant Pathology and Assistant Plant Pathologist in the Experiment Station, Berkeley; H. T. Pyfrom is Research Assistant in Plant Pathology, Los Angeles.

Publication Information

Hilgardia 3(12):5-12. DOI:10.3733/ca.v003n12p5. December 1949.

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Abstract

Gardenia flower production in greenhouses in the San Francisco Bay area has been seriously affected by a diseased condition brought on by the accumulation of excessive amounts of soluble salts in the soil in the growing benches.

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