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Synthetic Ion-exchange Resins as a Medium for Plant Growth

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SEVERAL authors have examined the utilization of exchange resins as sources of plant nutrients1–5. The method generally used was to provide the required quantity of each nutrient in the exchanger phase without considering the resulting concentrations or ratios of these nutrients in the bulk solution. In all cases, severe deficiencies of the divalent nutrient ions, particularly calcium and magnesium, were reported.

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  1. E. O. SKOGLEY

    Present address: Department of Plant and Soil Science, Montana State College, Bozeman, Montana.

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  1. Department of Agronomy, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

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SKOGLEY, E., DAWSON, J. Synthetic Ion-exchange Resins as a Medium for Plant Growth. Nature 198, 1328–1329 (1963). https://doi.org/10.1038/1981328b0

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