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Mineral nutrition of vegetable crops: XXVII - absorption of nutrients by tomato (Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.) cultivated for processing

In order to fin out the concentration of macro and micronutrients, as well the total amounts of nutrients absorbed by a mixture of the Santa Cruz group of tomato, from 40 days yp, until 110 days, plants were collected and analysed for the nutrients. Data are presented and discussed. One tomato plant absorbs: N-1,066 mg;P-83.5 mg; K-1,770 mg; Ca-452.2 mg; Mg-327.5 mg; S-81.1 mg; B-1.5 mg; Cu-0.65 mg; Fe-23.7 mg; Mn-6.9 mg; Zn-2.08 mg.


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