Report for 1953
Creators: name: Rothamsted Experimental Station
Publisher: name: Lawes Agricultural Trust
Year: 1954
Subjects: subject: crop yield
subject: meteorological observations
subject: fertilizer application
subject: wheat
subject: soil
subject: crop rotation
subject: agricultural research
subject: agronomy
subject: barley
subject: fallowing
subject: farmyard manure
subject: nitrogen fertilizers
subject: rothamsted research
subject: rothamsted classical experiments
subject: broadbalk long-term experiment
subject: park grass long-term experiment
subject: rothamsted long-term experiments
subject: hoosfield alternate wheat and fallow long-term experiment
subject: exhaustion land long-term experiment
subject: broadbalk wilderness experiment
subject: geescroft wilderness experiments
subject: agdell long-term experiment
subject: barnfield clover long-term experiment
subject: woburn experimental farm
subject: soil surveys
subject: insecticides
subject: entomology
subject: DDT
subject: micronutrients

description: Scanned PDF of Report for 1953
description: Report Of Rothamsted Experimental Station For 1953..................................................1<br>Rothamsted Laboratories, Erected 1914-1916..........................................................2<br>Contents............................................................................................3<br>Lawes Agricultural Trust And The Incorporated Society Of Extending The Rothamsted Experiments.......5<br>Rothamsted Experimental Station; Soil Survey Of England And Wales; Woburn Experimental Station And Imperial College Of Science And Technology - Research Institute Of Plant Physiology And The Commonwealth Bureau Of Soil Science Staff List..6<br>Preface ............................................................................................19<br>Introduction .......................................................................................23<br>Departmental Reports ...............................................................................35<br>Physics Department.................................................................................35<br>Chemistry Department................................................................................40<br>Pedology Department.................................................................................54<br>Soil Microbiology Department........................................................................64<br>Botany Department ..................................................................................68<br>Biochemistry Department............................................................................75<br>Plant Pathology Department..........................................................................83<br>Nematology Department...............................................................................97<br>Insecticides And Fungicides Department..............................................................103<br>Entomology Department...............................................................................117<br>Bee Department ....................................................................................126<br>Statistics Department...............................................................................132<br>Field Experiments Section...........................................................................137<br>The Farms : Rothamsted .............................................................................148<br>The Farms : Woburn ................................................................................153<br>Woburn Experimental Station ........................................................................157<br>Soil Survey Of England And Wales ...................................................................162<br>Special Reviews ...................................................................................167<br>Bees As Pollinators Of Fruit And Seed Crops.........................................................167<br>Physical Properties And Contact Toxicity Of DDT And Some Related Compounds..........................176<br>Recent Work On Molybdenum And Some Micro-Nutrient Interactions......................................181<br>Publications / Abstracts Of Papers..................................................................188<br>Publications Of Rothamsted Experimental Station ....................................................222<br>Publications By Present And Past Members Of The Rothamsted Staff ...................................224<br>Map Of Rothamsted Experimental Farm 1946...........................................................227<br>