EFFECTS OF MOLYBDENUM
Most legumes are heavy users of molybdenum, and it has been suggested that the difficulty encountered by a number of farmers of establishing a new lucerne stand on a paddock which has recently had lucerne in it, might be due to a shortage of molybdenum for the new crop. A Mid-Canterbury farmer ploughed in a run out lucerne stand and put the paddock down in perennial ryegrass. He was interested in trace elements, and on half the paddock he put a small quantity of molybdenum to see what would happen. This was. of course, a season of very rank growth, and the effects of the molybdenum were surprising. Where the mineral had been put, the grass stood up perfectly, but where there was none, the bulk of the crop went down when it became long. The effect was so marked that neighbours commented on it. There was no appreciable difference in the yield from the two parts of the paddock.
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Press, Volume LXXXVII, Issue 26515, 1 September 1951, Page 5
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