@article{Hernandez:305355,
      recid = {305355},
      author = {Hernandez, M.M. and Fernandez-Falcon, M. and Alvarez,  C.E.},
      title = {NUTRIENT DISTRIBUTION IN FLOWERING STEMS, NUTRIENT REMOVAL  AND FERTILIZATION OF THREE PROTEACEAE CULTIVARS},
      journal = {International Journal of Agricultural Research, Innovation  and Technology (IJARIT)},
      address = {2014-06},
      number = {2355-2020-1557},
      year = {2014},
      abstract = {Several parameters of flowering stems of two cultivars of  protea Leucospermum cordifolium (Knight) Fourc (‘Succession  II’ and ‘Tango’) and one of protea Protea L. (Protea  susannae x magnifica ‘Susara’) were studied in different  commercial plantations. These included length and weight  measures, nutrient concentrations of detached parts (flower  heads, leaves and stems), and removal of nutrients of  harvested flowers. A base for fertilization was also  calculated. Harvested flowers of ‘Susara’ removed more P, K  and Cu than ‘Succession II’ and ‘Tango’, and more Ca and Fe  than ‘Tango’. ‘Succession II’ showed the highest Zn  removal. The P and Cu removal by the crop of ‘Susara’ were  significantly higher than those of both Leucospermum  cultivars, while K, Ca, and Fe outputs of ‘Susara’ exceeded  only those of ‘Tango’. The nutrient top removals amounted  to 4.55 g m-2 of N, 0.48 g m-2 of P, and 5.26 g m-2 of K.  Data as a base to supply fertilizer to each cultivar are  given, with N:P:K ratios of 1:0.08:0.87 for ‘Succession  II’, 1:0.08:0.83 for ‘Tango’ and 1:0.10:1.27 for ‘Susara’.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/305355},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.305355},
}