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IN a communication outlining research on plant growth on ‘fly ash’ published in Nature of August 20, p. 352, by Rees and Sidrak1, the following statement was made: “but as yet no attempt seems to have been made to examine its plant nutrient properties as compared with those of a normal soil”. Work on various aspects of reclamation of land covered with ‘fly ash’ is, however, in progress at Leeds under a grant made available for the purpose by the Central Electricity Authority.
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Rees, W. J., and Sidrak, G. H., Nature, 176, 352 (1955).
Magistad, O. C., Soil Sci., 20, 181 (1925).
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HOLLIDAY, R., TOWNSEND, W. & HODGSON, D. Plant Growth on ‘Fly Ash’. Nature 176, 983–984 (1955). https://doi.org/10.1038/176983a0
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