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Humic Substances and Plant Nutrition

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Progress in Botany

Part of the book series: Progress in Botany/Fortschritte der Botanik ((BOTANY,volume 56))

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Since the studies by Liebig (1856), it is well known that plants, as long as they are adequately supplied with light and mineral nutrients, can live in the absence of the organic and inorganic structural components of the soil. Nowadays the use of hydroponics is popular not only among plant physiologists but also in certain commercial activities.

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  1. Zellenlehre, Universität Heidelberg, Im Neuenheimer Feld 230, 69120, Heidelberg, Germany

    H.-Dietmar Behnke

  2. Institut für Botanik, FB Biologie (10), TH Darmstadt, Schnittspahnstraße 3-5, 64287, Darmstadt, Germany

    Ulrich Lüttge

  3. Lehrstuhl für Allgemeine Botanik, Ruhr Universität, Postfach 10 21 48, 44780, Bochum 1, Germany

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  4. Institut für Spezielle Botanik und Botanischer Garten, Universität Mainz, Saarstraße 21, 55099, Mainz, Germany

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Varanini, Z., Pinton, R. (1995). Humic Substances and Plant Nutrition. In: Behnke, HD., Lüttge, U., Esser, K., Kadereit, J.W., Runge, M. (eds) Progress in Botany. Progress in Botany/Fortschritte der Botanik, vol 56. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-79249-6_5

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