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COPPER‐DEFICIENT SOILS IN SOUTH‐EAST SCOTLAND
Author(s) -
PURVES D.,
RAGG J. M.
Publication year - 1962
Publication title -
journal of soil science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.244
H-Index - 111
eISSN - 1365-2389
pISSN - 0022-4588
DOI - 10.1111/j.1365-2389.1962.tb00702.x
Subject(s) - copper , soil water , south east , horizon , geography , environmental science , soil science , physical geography , metallurgy , materials science , mathematics , geometry
Summary The copper‐deficiency condition in cereals known as‘wither‐tip’has been found in a limited area in south‐east Scotland during the past ten years. This condition has been consistently associated with a low level of total copper in the surface horizon. The distribution of‘wither‐tip’and low copper content is directly related to the presence of one soil type, namely Eckford series, within the fields in question. Analysis of IOO surface soils sampled in south‐east Scotland suggests that a substantial proportion of the fields in this region are copper deficient or potentially copper deficient.