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Dufrenoy and Reed1, in their study of coacervation in hypoplastic cells, demonstrated some important correlations with the respiratory activities in vacuoles, and they also suggested that a similar correlation between dwarfed shoots and coacervation was shown as the result of zinc deficiency in apricots and walnuts2. However, the effect of zinc on the respiration of plants has not hitherto been described. It is possible to determine the relationship between zinc and respiration by direct measurements of oxygen uptake and carbon dioxide evolution by the normal and zinc-deficient plants.
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Tsui, C. Zinc and Plant Respiration. Nature 164, 970 (1949). https://doi.org/10.1038/164970a0
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