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The interrelationships of iron and potassium in the potato plant

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These studies were carried out at Long Ashton Research Station and comprise part of the data submitted in a Ph. D. thesis to the University of Bristol in 1952.

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Bolle-Jones, E.W. The interrelationships of iron and potassium in the potato plant. Plant Soil 6, 129–173 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01343445

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