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Progress Report on the Control of Zinc Toxicity in Peat Soils
Author(s) -
Staker E. V.
Publication year - 1943
Publication title -
soil science society of america journal
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.836
H-Index - 168
eISSN - 1435-0661
pISSN - 0361-5995
DOI - 10.2136/sssaj1943.036159950007000c0063x
Subject(s) - peat , citation , soil water , control (management) , library science , environmental science , computer science , soil science , archaeology , history , artificial intelligence
r I ^HE cultivated peat soils of New York, as a ••whole, are productive. There are a few areas, however, which have been essentially unproductive ever since they were cleared and brought under cultivation. Most of these troublesome areas are in the western part of the State. In a recent paper (2), it was shown that the failure to grow normal crops on these soils was caused by the presence of toxic concentrations of zinc. A preliminary greenhouse study indicated that calcium hydroxide alleviated the difficulties attending zinc toxicity in peat. The present paper reports additional research in the production of crops on these soils.