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Effect of mineral nutrition on the fusarium brown foot-rot of wheat

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Whether nitrogen, phosphorus or potassium, increased or decreased the brown foot-rot disease of wheat (var. Jufy I) depended on the age of the plants and the nutrient balance. This explained the inconsistencies in the literature regarding these nutrient effects. A manural treatment combining a high level of nitrogen with a low level of phosphorus and a high one of potassium most effectively reduced the disease in greenhouse experiments.

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  1. P. E. Onuorah

    Present address: Ministry of Agriculture, A.R.T.S., Umuahia, Eastern Nigeria

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Onuorah, P.E. Effect of mineral nutrition on the fusarium brown foot-rot of wheat. Plant Soil 30, 99–104 (1969). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01885265

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