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Effects of Micro-Nutrient Elements on Forest Nursery Seedlings

Except for iron, trace elements are found sparingly in most soils and their availability to plants is often very low (Table 1). Consequently even though the removal by plants is small for any given year, the cumulative effects of crop production over a period of years may rapidly reduce the limited stores originally present. The three general soil situations where micro-nutrients are most apt to be a problem are: (1) sandy soils; (2) organic soils; (3) very alkaline soils. This is due to the relatively small amounts of micronutrients in sands and organic soils and to the low availability of most of the trace elements under very alkaline conditions.


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Author(s): Harry W. Anderson

Event: Proceedings of the 1968 Biennial Meeting Western Forest Nursery Council
1968 - Bend, Oregon & Sutherlin, Oregon