AbstractsBiology & Animal Science

Technique for determining soil potassium availability using K-42.

by W. F. Nutall




Institution: McGill University
Department: Department of Soil Science.
Degree: PhD
Year: 1965
Keywords: Soil Science.
Record ID: 1499788
Full text PDF: http://digitool.library.mcgill.ca/thesisfile118086.pdf


Abstract

The advent of radioactive isotopes as tracers in fertilizers, led to a new concept of determining availability of soil nutrients to the plant (Fried and Dean, 1952; Larson, 1952). [...]