Spore elements
Peter Taggart (Thu, 23 Aug 2012 12:52:04 PDT)
Fair comment Jim,
I see various other articles I find via google seem to use the term "spore
elements" though I scanned them only briefly. Those articles appear to have
German or Dutch origins too. A quick search of the term "spoor elements"
did not reveal, for me,the term in connection with what I am used to
calling "trace elements".
However incorrect -the use of the term "spore elements" seems to be around,
albeit through mistranslation, and I admit that I have not heard it before.
When I read the term first, I expected it to refer to something mycorrhizal.
Peter (UK)
On Thu, Aug 23, 2012 at 7:49 PM, J.E. Shields <jshields@indy.net> wrote:
I think I see the tracks of this usage. In German, Spur means track (e.g.,
bear tracks in the woods) and trace (very small amounts). Spoor is
Afrikaans for track, from old Dutch "spor."
The article cited by Peter seems to have been translated from a German
original, and contains numerous mis-spellings and incorrect usages. It is
not a suitable reference for English usages or spellings.
Jim Shields
At 07:35 PM 8/23/2012 +0100, you wrote:
Rolands use of the term "spore elements" seems to be confirmed here, no
language confusion!
http://www.arts-info.eu/en/fertilizing.html