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Leaves of P-deficient wheat plants were damaged after 1 mM P was included in the previously zero P nutrient solution. Wheat plants continuously grown in 1 mM P in modified Hoagland's solution were not damaged. Maximum damage and P accumulation occurred in the apical regions of the youngest leaves. We attributed this leaf damage to the accumulation of abnormally high (in excess of 3 per cent dry weight) amounts of P in the leaves of P-deficient plants from nutrient solution that was nontoxic to plants containing adequate P. re]19720721
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Green, D.G., Warder, F.G. Accumulation of damaging concentrations of phosphorus by leaves of selkirk wheat. Plant Soil 38, 567–572 (1973). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010696
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00010696