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Soluble Aluminium in Plants and Soils

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HIGHLY soluble aluminium concentrations in extracts of certain acid soils were first noted at least as early as 1904 1. It has been commonly explained as being due to aluminium ions held by chemical and physical means within the mineral part of the soil2. This mechanism usually requires a close correlation between soil pH and the concentration of soluble aluminium3; but such correlation does not always occur.

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HARRIS, S. Soluble Aluminium in Plants and Soils. Nature 189, 513–514 (1961). https://doi.org/10.1038/189513b0

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