Environmentally sound production in horticulture - The European way

Journal of the Japanese Society for Horticultural Science

Volumn 67, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 1224-1228

  Molitor, Heinz Dieter ^a  

^a Forschungsanstalt Geisenheim   (Germany)

Author keywords

Closed systems; Environment; Groundwater pollution; Peat substitutes; Sustainable horticulture; Waste management

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; EUROPE; FERTILIZER; HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION SYSTEM; PESTICIDE; PLANT DEVELOPMENT; PLANT PRODUCT; PLANT VARIETY;

EID: 0032444422     PISSN: 18823351     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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