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SINCE 1939, several workers1,2 have shown that molybdenum is an essential element for crop plants, and in 1945 it was suggested by Davies3 in New Zealand that a deficiency of this element was responsible for the condition in brassicas known as ‘whiptail’.
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Davies, E. B., Nature, 156, 392 (1945).
Hewitt, E. J., Jones, E. W., and Nicholas, D. J. D., Ann. Rep. Long Ashton Res. Stn., 79 (1947).
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JONES, J., DERMOTT, W. ‘Whiptail’ in Cauliflower. Nature 165, 248–249 (1950). https://doi.org/10.1038/165248b0
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