Fertilizer diffusion in container medium

Journal of the American Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 122, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 122-128

  Kelly, Shaun F ^a,b   Green, James L ^a,b   Selker, John S ^a,b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Dept of Bioresource Engineering ^*

Author keywords

bromide; hygroscopic; leachate; modeling; nursery; osmotic; protected diffusion zone

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030896345     PISSN: 00031062     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/jashs.122.1.122     Document Type: Article

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