Relationships between growing media fertility, percolate composition and fertigation strategy in peat-substitute substrates used for growing ornamental shrubs

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 94, Issue 3-4, 2002, Pages 309-321

  Marfa O ^a   Lemaire, F ^b   Caceres R ^a   Giuffrida, F ^c   Guerin V ^b  

^a IRTA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ D'ANGERS   (France)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Container crops; Euonymus japonicus; Fertigation; Induced percolate method; Nerium oleander; Organic by products; Substrates biostability; Substrates fertility; Viburnum tinus

Indexed keywords

HORTICULTURE; IRRIGATION; SOIL FERTILITY;

BOS TAURUS; EUONYMUS; EUONYMUS JAPONICUS; NERIUM; NERIUM OLEANDER; SPHAGNUM; VIBURNUM; VIBURNUM TINUS;

EID: 0037188979     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0304-4238(01)00383-1     Document Type: Article

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