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Relationship between zinc content in coffee plants and soil availability according to the soil extractant

José Laércio Favarin, Godofredo Cesar Vitti, Durval Dourado Neto, José Laércio Favarin Junior, Paula Rodrigues Salgado

01/Oct/2007

Two species of coffee (Coffea arabica L. and Coffea canephora Pierre) are cultivated in Brazil, but most research on Zn fertilization to date has focused on C. arabica. This study was carried out to determine the functional relationship between soil Zn availability determined by DTPA and Mehlich-1 extractors and Zn content in coffee plants belonging to the species C. arabica, cv. Mundo Novo IAC 379-19 (MN) and C. canephora, cv. Apoatã IAC 2258 (AP), as well as grafted plants (MN/AP). […]