Phosphorus immobilization in wood waste-based potting media

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 9-10, 1996, Pages 2295-2314

  Handreck, Kevin A ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

IMMOBILIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTTING MEDIUM; SAWDUST;

EID: 0030450602     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629609369704     Document Type: Article

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