Water management

HortTechnology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 504-509

  Biernbaum, John A ^a   Versluys, Natasha Bos ^a  

^a MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Irrigation; Plugs; Soilless media

Indexed keywords

EID: 0031720687     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.8.4.504     Document Type: Conference Paper

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