Tob. Sci., 1973, 17-52, p. 159-161, ISSN.0082-4523
Measuring Fe content of irrigation water with atomic absorption in a water monitoring program to prevent leaf damage in cigar wrapper tobacco
Agricultural Research and Education Center, Quincy, Florida USA
Iron measurement in irrigation water with an atomic absorption spectrophotometer (AAS) was compared with a colorimetric procedure. The effect of three chemical pretreatments of water samples on absorbance by AAS in the Fe absorption band of 2483A was...