STRIKING CONTRAST.—These plants were grown in pots in a propagation house. Cocksfoot seed sown in soil from the Muller station in Marlborough has responded remarkably to phosphate coating (on the left) as compared with untreated seed (on the right), in the absence of topdressing. Root development, not normally seen in the field, is the most significant factor shown above. The green weight of the plant was 120 per cent greater in the case of that grown from the coated seed.
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Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32215, 6 February 1970, Page 6
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80STRIKING CONTRAST.—These plants were grown in pots in a propagation house. Cocksfoot seed sown in soil from the Muller station in Marlborough has responded remarkably to phosphate coating (on the left) as compared with untreated seed (on the right), in the absence of topdressing. Root development, not normally seen in the field, is the most significant factor shown above. The green weight of the plant was 120 per cent greater in the case of that grown from the coated seed. Press, Volume CIX, Issue 32215, 6 February 1970, Page 6
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