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IN the Annals of Applied Biology, 12, 2, 1925, a paper was published by Roach, Glynne, Brierley and Crowther entitled “Experiments on the Control of Wart Diseases of Potatoes by Soil Treatment, with particular reference to the use of Sulphur.” In 1922, treatment of a light soil at Ormskirk with sulphur had given promising results, whilst in 1924 the amount of disease was reduced from 73 per cent, in untreated soil to 8 per cent, with an incorporation of 10 cwt. of sulphur per acre, and to less than 4 per cent, with 20 cwt. sulphur per acre. On a heavy clay at Hatfield, clean plots were obtained with an application of 40 cwt. per acre.
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ROACH, W., BRIERLEY, W. Sulphur Treatment of Soil for Wart Disease. Nature 116, 865 (1925). https://doi.org/10.1038/116865a0
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