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Loss of Minerals from Mature Wheat and Flax by Simulated Rain 1
Author(s) -
Kingsley A. F.,
Clagett C. O.,
Klosterman Harold J.,
Stoa T. E.
Publication year - 1957
Publication title -
agronomy journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.752
H-Index - 131
eISSN - 1435-0645
pISSN - 0002-1962
DOI - 10.2134/agronj1957.00021962004900010009x
Subject(s) - greenhouse , leaching (pedology) , agronomy , mineral , environmental science , biology , soil water , soil science , ecology
Synopsis Simulated rain removed relatively small amounts of minerals from ripe wheat and flax plants which had been grown under field conditions. On the other hand considerably greater amounts of minerals were leached, under the same conditions, from ripe wheat plants grown in the greenhouse. Pot watered, greenhouse plants showed more leachable mineral elements at the ripe stage, than foliage wetted plants, suggesting that leaching is a continuous process.