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Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4
Rock phosphate as a fertiliser
Keywords
Rock phosphate, sulfer, legumes, Western Australia
Disciplines
Agricultural Economics | Other Plant Sciences | Soil Science
First Page Number
459
Last Page Number
460
ISSN
0021-8618
Abstract
FOR many years both farmers and research workers have been interested in the use of rock phosphate as an alternative phosphate fertiliser to superphosphate.
The appeal of rock phosphate lies in three points. Firstly, it has a higher phosphate content, secondly there is the hope that it will have a greater residual benefit than super, which is more liable to leaching and supposedly more likely to be tied up in some unavailable form in the soil, and thirdly rock phosphate costs less per ton.
Erratum
Found in previous article Toxic annuals in horticulture Robert Dunlop Royce. Vol 2 No 5 p459
Recommended Citation
Fitzpatrick, Edgar Noel
(1961)
"Rock phosphate as a fertiliser,"
Journal of the Department of Agriculture, Western Australia, Series 4: Vol. 2:
No.
5, Article 23.
Available at:
https://library.dpird.wa.gov.au/journal_agriculture4/vol2/iss5/23