Assessment of the need for nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, and sulfur preplant nutrients for plug seedling growth

HortScience

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 529-533

  Huang, Jin Sheng ^a   Nelson, Paul V ^a   Bailey, Douglas A ^a   Fonteno, William C ^a   Mingis, Nancy C ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding plants; Flowering; Gomphrena globosa 'Buddy'; Impatiens wallerana 'Accent Rose'; Root media; Root substrate

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SALINITY MEASUREMENT; SULFUR;

NUTRIENTS; SEED GERMINATION;

SEED;

BRYOPHYTA; GOMPHRENA; GOMPHRENA GLOBOSA; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS WALLERIANA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 0036269989     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.37.3.529     Document Type: Article

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