Growth, yield and nutrition of potato in fumigated or nonfumigated soil amended with spent mushroom compost and straw mulch

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 45-56

  Gent, M P N ^a   Elmer, W H ^a   Stoner, K A ^a   Ferrandino, F J ^a   Lamondia, J A ^a  

^a Department of Forestry and Horticulture Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMENDED SOIL; COLORADO POTATO BEETLES; COMPOST AMENDMENTS; MINERAL NUTRITION; PLANT NUTRITION; PLANT SAMPLES; SPENT MUSHROOM COMPOST; VEGETATIVE GROWTH;

FUMIGATION; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS;

COMPOSTING;

EID: 0009533652     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1998.10701940     Document Type: Article

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