CEC and the saturation of the adsorption complex of coir dust

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 481, Issue , 1999, Pages 151-155

  Verhagen, J B G M ^a,b  

^a Foundation RHP   (Netherlands)

^b Research Station for Floriculture and Glasshouse Vegetables   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Base saturation; Desorption; Growing media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0003140904     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.1999.481.14     Document Type: Article

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