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Copper Deficiency in Sitka Spruce Seedlings

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For several years a symptom referred to as ‘needle tip-burn’1–3 has been observed in Sitka spruce seedlings at the Forestry Commission Research Nursery, Sugar Hill, near Wareham, Dorset. The nursery, which occupies land formerly covered by Calluna and scrub pine, is on a highly leached sandy soil over Bagshot Sands (Lower Eocene), with a humus and iron pan at varying depth. To break the pan, most parts of the nursery have been subsoiled in recent years.

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Benzian, B., Warren, R. Copper Deficiency in Sitka Spruce Seedlings. Nature 178, 864–865 (1956). https://doi.org/10.1038/178864a0

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