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The effect of sodium nitrate on the growth and nitrogen content of a lucerne and grass mixture

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  27 March 2009

H. G. Thornton  and
Hugh Nicol
H. G. Thornton
Affiliation:
(Department of Bacteriology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.)
Hugh Nicol
Affiliation:
(Department of Bacteriology, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Herts.)
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Ix. summary and abstract

1. Inoculated lucerne was grown alone and in association with Italian rye grass, in pots of sand watered with food solution and given three different doses of sodium nitrate.

2. The dose of nitrate did not affect the dry weight or nitrogen content of lucerne when grown alone, save that the highest dose checked the root growth somewhat.

3. When lucerne and Italian rye grass were grown in association, the growth of the grass varied directly with the dose of nitrate applied, and the growth of the lucerne varied inversely to it. Checking of the lucerne growth was probably due to root competition with the grass.

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Research Article
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The Journal of Agricultural Science , Volume 24 , Issue 2 , April 1934 , pp. 269 - 282
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1934

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