Consequences of organic matter biodegradability on the physical, chemical parameters of substrates

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 469, Issue , 1998, Pages 129-138

  Lemaire, Francis ^a   Rivière, Louis Marie ^a   Stievenard, Sandrine ^a   Marfa, Oriol ^b   Gschwander, S ^b   Giuffrida, F ^b  

^a CEMAGREF   (France)

^b Institut de Recerca Technologia Agroalimentaries   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biostability index; Chemical properties; Organic mattter; Physical properties; Substrate

Indexed keywords

BOS;

EID: 0001128608     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.469.12     Document Type: Conference Paper

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