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Critical foliage concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus as a guide to the nutrient status of araucaria underplanted to pinus

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The growth ofAraucaria cunninghamii Ait. planted in lateritic podzolic soils on dry sclerophyll forest sites in southern Queensland is known to be limited primarily by lack of nitrogen; phosphorus is a secondary deficiency. However, Araucaria can be grown without fertilizers on these sites by underplanting to Pinus.

A factorial fertilizer trial was used to establish critical levels of foliage nitrogen and phosphorus in Araucaria. The critical level of nitrogen depends

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  1. Department of Botany, University of New England, Armidale, N.S.W.

    B. N. Richards & D. I. Bevege

  2. Department of Forestry, Forest Research Station, Beerwah, Qld., Australia

    B. N. Richards & D. I. Bevege

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Richards, B.N., Bevege, D.I. Critical foliage concentrations of nitrogen and phosphorus as a guide to the nutrient status of araucaria underplanted to pinus. Plant Soil 31, 328–336 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01373576

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