Growth and nutrition of geraniums grown in media developed from waste tire components

HortScience

Volumn 32, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 674-676

  Newman, Steven E ^a   Panter, Karen L ^a   Roll, Michael J ^a   Miller, Robert O ^b  

^a Department of Environmental and Radiological Health Sciences   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Phosphorus; Waste management; Zinc ratio; Zinc toxicity

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; GERANIACEAE; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM; PELARGONIUM XHORTORUM; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0030824038     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.32.4.674     Document Type: Article

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