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Potato fertilization and internal black spot in Santa Maria Valley: Deficiency of important nutrient found to exist in soils of many potato fields during survey and fertilizer experiments
Authors
O. A. LorenzF. H. Takatori
Marvin Snyder
Harwood Hall
Herman Timm
Authors Affiliations
O. A. Lorenz is Professor of Vegetable Crops, University of California, Riverside; F. H. Takatori is Assistant Specialist in Vegetable Crops, University of California, Riverside; Marvin Snyder is Farm Advisor, Santa Barbara County, University of California; Harwood Hall is Farm Advisor, Santa Barbara County, University of California; Herman, Timm is Assistant Olericulturist, University of California, Davis.Publication Information
Hilgardia 12(6):9-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n06p9. June 1958.
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Abstract
Fertilizer experiments in six potato fields and a nutrient survey of some 25 additional potato fields in the Santa Maria Valley showed that over half the fields were receiving insufficient quantities of potash fertilizers.
Lorenz O, Takatori F, Snyder M, Hall H, Timm H. 1958. Potato fertilization and internal black spot in Santa Maria Valley: Deficiency of important nutrient found to exist in soils of many potato fields during survey and fertilizer experiments. Hilgardia 12(6):9-10. DOI:10.3733/ca.v012n06p9
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