Air-filled porosity, gas relative diffusivity, and tortuosity: Indices of Prunus ×cistena sp. Growth in peat substrates

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 121, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 236-242

  Allaire, Suzanne E ^a   Caron, Jean ^b,c   Duchesne, Isabelle ^b   Parent, Léon Étienne ^b,c   Rioux, Jacques André ^b,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^c Département des Sols

^d Département de Phytologie

Author keywords

Compost; Gas diffusivity; Nursery production; Peat mixes; Pore tortuosity

Indexed keywords

EID: 0001251102     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.121.2.236     Document Type: Article

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