Fertilizer management by landscape maintenance and lawn care firms in Atlanta

HortTechnology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 442-445

  Beverly, Reuben B ^a,b   Florkowski, Wojciech ^a,b   Ruter, John M ^a,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

^b Department of Horticulture ^*

^c Biological and Agricultural Engineering Department   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Nitrogen; Phosphorus; Runoff; Water pollution

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030864990     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.7.4.442     Document Type: Article

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