Root medium carbon dioxide and oxygen partial pressures for container- grown chrysanthemums

HortScience

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 1996, Pages 385-388

  Argo, William R ^a   Biernbaum, John A ^a   Fonteno, William C ^b  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

aeration; Dendranthema x grandiflorum; drip irrigation; soilless media; subirrigation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0029780331     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.31.3.385     Document Type: Article

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