Deficiency Of Boron
The need for boron to prevent brown heart in swedes and turnips has been demonstrated on a variety of soils throughout New Zealand and occasionally on other crops, such as lucerne. Now, according to the annual report of the Department of Agriculture, trials are being carried out in Northland to determine whether pasture responses to boron may be secured in some of the gumland soils of that area which are said to be deficient in the element.
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Bay of Plenty Beacon, Volume 15, Issue 81, 11 August 1950, Page 3
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