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FOR some time past Mr. Martin Sutton has been making experiments on the effects of radio-active ores and residues on plant growth. A preliminary account of the experiments was given in NATURE for October 7, 1915, and the detailed report now to hand, issued as Bulletin No. 7, from Messrs. Sutton, of Reading, confirms the conclusions then drawn. The experiments were soundly conceived and well carried out; the results showed that radium compounds have no sufficient effect on plant growth to justify any hopes of practical application in horticulture or agriculture.
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Radio-Activity and Plant Growth . Nature 97, 411 (1916). https://doi.org/10.1038/097411a0
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