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RECENT work1 has indicated that the addition of phosphate enables many grass species to grow successfully on a well-drained, highly calcareous soil which, otherwise, would not support their growth. The work recorded here was carried out to determine whether the addition of phosphate would enable a true calcifuge species2, Nardus stricta, to grow on highly calcareous soils.
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JAMES, D. Growth of Nardus strictaon a Calcareous Soil. Nature 196, 390–391 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1038/196390a0
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