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8. Investigations on the Influence of certain Rays of the Solar Spectrum on Root-Absorption and on the Growth of Plants

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 September 2014

A. B. Griffiths
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(Lond. & Paris)
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This paper details an investigation undertaken to see the influence of certain rays of white light on root-absorption and assimilation in the vegetable kingdom. One of us has been for some years investigating a problem as to the use of ferrous sulphate as a plant food (see Dr Griffiths' memoirs in Journal of Chemical Society [Trans.], 1883, 1884, 1885, 1886, 1887). In the experiments to be detailed here, we have used ferrous sulphate as an indicator of root-absorption.

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Proceedings 1886-87
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Copyright © Royal Society of Edinburgh 1888

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