Crone's solution

English Etymology en Proper noun A growing medium made of 4 parts (by weight) potassium chloride, 1 part calcium sulphate, 1 part magnesium sulphate, 1 part magnesium phosphate, and 1 part iron phosphate. en 1936 Canadian Institute Transactions 21-22 88 The one type was a modified Crone's solution, and the other an agar medium similar to that used by Tsi-Tung Li. en 2002 Edwin Broun Fred; Ira Lawrence Baldwin; Elizabeth McCoy Root Nodule Bacteria and Leguminous Plants 267 All cultures should be kept in a green house and watered with sterile water or Crone's solution at appropriate intervals. en 2021 William Shurtleff; Akiko Aoyagi History of Soybean Physiology and Botany Research 391 Satisfactory growth and fixation of nitrogen were obtained with nodulated plants in Crone's solution containing the full complement or a proportion of the insoluble constituents, but not in a medium comprising the soluble portion only. en eponyms