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Burley tobacco varieties (Nicotiana tabacum L.) which differed in degrees of susceptibility to calcium deficiency were analyzed for calcium and oxalic acid content. Calcium accumulated by the total plant top was not related to susceptibility to calcium deficiency. Upper leaves and buds of plants of susceptible varieties contained less calcium per unit weight than did upper leaves and buds of non-susceptible varieties.
The upper half of stalks of susceptible varieties contained more oxalic acid per unit weight than did stalks of non-susceptible varieties. The calcium content minus the oxalic acid content in buds and young leaves of the plants of the susceptible varieties was considerably less than that of buds and young leaves of the plants of the non-susceptible varieties. High levels of oxalic acid in the upper stalks and young leaves of varieties susceptible to calcium deficiency apparently induce calcium deficiency by interfering with the translocation and utilization of absorbed calcium.
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Contribution of the Department of Agronomy, Kentucky Agr. Exp. Sta., Lexington, and published with the approval of the Experiment Station Director. This paper is based on a portion of a thesis submitted by the senior author to the Graduate School, University of Kentucky, in partial satisfaction of the requirements for the Master's degree, 1963.
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Brumagen, D.M., Hiatt, A.J. The relationship of oxalic acid to the translocation and utilization of calcium inNicotiana tabacum . Plant Soil 24, 239–249 (1966). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02232900
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