Relative breakdown of peat and non-peat growing media

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 481, Issue , 1999, Pages 121-128

  Prasad, Munoo ^a   O'Shea, Joanne ^a  

^a Research Centre   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Air space; Cellulose; FTIR; H2 (Finnish) peat; H2 (Swedish) peat; H3 (Baltic) peat; H4 (German) peat; H5 (Irish) peat; Lignin; Steaming; Wood fibre

Indexed keywords

ROSA;

EID: 0001301201     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1999.481.10     Document Type: Article

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