Organic chemicals on citrus: Stimulation of tree growth resulted from addition of certain pure compounds to nutrient cultures in glasshouse studies

Brusca, J; Haas, A

Organic chemicals on citrus: Stimulation of tree growth resulted from addition of certain pure compounds to nutrient cultures in glasshouse studies

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Joseph N. Brusca, University of California

A. R. C. Haas, University of California

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California Agriculture 11(11):4-4.

Published November 01, 1957

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Abstract

Organic manures or cover crops in southern California citrus orchards have—to a large extent—been abandoned. Scarcity, increased costs, rapid disappearance of organic matter in many soils, and a lack of strong evidence as to its actual benefit to the tree, are among the factors that have limited their use.

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The above progress report is based on Research Project No. 1088

Organic chemicals on citrus: Stimulation of tree growth resulted from addition of certain pure compounds to nutrient cultures in glasshouse studies

Joseph N. Brusca, A. R. C. Haas