Meanings
- A growing medium made of 4 parts (by weight) potassium chloride, 1 part calcium sulphate, 1 part magnesium sulphate, 1 part magnesium phosphate, and 1 part iron phosphate.
The one type was a modified Crone's solution, and the other an agar medium similar to that used by Tsi-Tung Li.
1936, Canadian Institute, Transactions, volumes 21-22, page 882 more examples
All cultures should be kept in a green house […] and watered with sterile water or Crone's solution at appropriate intervals.
2002, Edwin Broun Fred, Ira Lawrence Baldwin, Elizabeth McCoy, Root Nodule Bacteria and Leguminous Plants, page 267Satisfactory growth and fixation of nitrogen were obtained with nodulated plants in Crone's solution containing the full complement or a proportion of the insoluble constituents, but not in a medium comprising the soluble portion only.
2021, William Shurtleff, Akiko Aoyagi, History of Soybean Physiology and Botany Research, page 391
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