Lime and Charcoal Amendments Reduce Fluoride Absorption by Plants Cultured in a Perlite-peat Medium1

Lime or activated charcoal effectively reduced fluoride absorption and increased plant dry weight in lettuce (Lactuca sativa L.), perennial ryegrass (Lolium perenne L.), and spinach (Spinacia oleracea L.) grown in a fertilized perlite-peat moss medium. Lime in combination with charcoal surpassed that of charcoal alone in reducing fluoride absorption and increasing yields. While the addition of lime or charcoal raised the pH of the growth medium only the lime greatly reduced water-soluble fluoride.

• Publication year

  1978

• Venue

  Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

• Publication date

  1978-03-01

• Fields of study

  Chemistry, Environmental Science

• Identifiers
  DOI 10.21273/jashs.103.2.268
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  Open on Semantic Scholar

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  Semantic Scholar

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