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Besides the three basic elements of carbon, hydrogen, and oxygen that are common to all plants, there are 16 other elements known to be essential to good plant growth. Their percentages are given below.

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Chenier, P.J. (2002). Fertilizers. In: Survey of Industrial Chemistry. Topics in Applied Chemistry. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-0603-4_21

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