A ground-based comparison of nutrient delivery technologies originally developed for growing plants in the spaceflight environment

HortTechnology

Volumn 10, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 179-185

  Porterfield, D Marshall ^a   Dreschel, Thomas W ^b   Musgrave, Mary E ^a  

^a LOUISIANA STATE UNIVERSITY AGRICULTURAL CENTER   (United States)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Nutrient pack; Phenolic foam; Porous tube plant nutrient delivery system

Indexed keywords

BRASSICA RAPA; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 0033962338     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.10.1.179     Document Type: Article

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