Growth and nutrient use of ericaceous plants grown in media amended with sphagnum moss peat or coir dust

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 46-54

  Scagel, Carolyn F ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Artctostaphylos uva ursi; Azalea; Cocos nucifera; Gaultheria shallon; Kalmia latifolia; Kinnickinnick; Lingonberry; Mountain laurel; Nitrogen; Pieris japonica; Rhododendron; Salal; Vaccinium vitis idaea

Indexed keywords

AMINO ACIDS; BIOMASS; DUST; FERTILIZERS; NUTRITION; PEAT; PROTEINS;

MINERAL NUTRITION;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

ABIES; BRYOPHYTA; COCOS NUCIFERA; GAULTHERIA; GAULTHERIA SHALLON; IDAEA; JAPONICA; KALMIA LATIFOLIA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII; RHODODENDRON; SPHAGNUM; UVA URSI; VACCINIUM VITIS-IDAEA; VITIS;

EID: 0037294275     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.1.46     Document Type: Article

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