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MOLYBDENUM deficiency in lettuce has been reported by Brenchley and Warington1 for water-culture experiments. In Australia, Wilson2 has shown that a response in growth was obtained in the field by applying a solution of sodium molybdate to the foliage of chlorotic lettuces.
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Brenchley, W. E., and Warington, K., Nature, 149, 196 (1942).
Wilson, R. D., J. Aust. Inst. Agric. Sci., 14, 180 (1948).
Plant, W., Ann. Rep. Long Ashton Res. Sta., 91 (1950).
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PLANT, W. Molybdenum Deficiency in Lettuce. Nature 169, 803 (1952). https://doi.org/10.1038/169803a0
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