A person's hands cup a sample of pelletized agricultural fertlizer and a piece of the phosphate rock from which it is created. DURHAM N.C. – An international team of scientists has uncovered toxic ...

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Advances in Horticultural Science, Vol. 25, No. 2 (2011), pp. 81-89 (9 pages) Research was carried out in Latina province (Italy) on rocket, radish and zucchini grown under tunnel. Ten treatments, ...