Rice straw compost used as soilless media for organic tomato transplant production

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 31-36

  Ali, Hassan Ibrahim ^a   Ismail, Razi ^a   Manan, Mukhtaruddin ^a   Saud, Halimi ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; GERMINATION; HYDROPONICS; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC FARMING; PLANT GROWTH; RICE; SOWING DATE; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; TOMATO;

FRAXINUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0037738886     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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