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Crone's solution

Crone's solution proper noun: 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.

Proper noun

Crone's solution

  1. 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 88
    • 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 267

Questions about Crone's solution

What does Crone's solution mean?
Crone's solution means 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.
What part of speech is Crone's solution?
Crone's solution is a proper noun.

Words near Crone's solution in the dictionary

  1. cronched
  2. cronches
  3. cronching
  4. Crondall
  5. crone
  6. Crone's solution
  7. cronehood
  8. cronel
  9. cronelike
  10. cronell
  11. cronells

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