Bermudagrass growth in soil supplemented with inorganic amendments

HortScience

Volumn 38, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 613-617

  Wehtje, Glenn R ^a   Shaw, Joey N ^a   Walker, Robert H ^a   Williams, Walker ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Cynodon dactylon x C. transvaalensis; Diatomaceous earths; Drought tolerance; Extractable water; Peat; Porous ceramics; Soil bulk density; Soil oxygen; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

GREENHOUSE EFFECT; IRRIGATION; SAND; SOILS;

INORGANIC AMENDMENTS;

GROWTH KINETICS;

CYNODON; CYNODON DACTYLON; CYNODON TRANSVAALENSIS; POACEAE;

EID: 0042628165     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.38.4.613     Document Type: Article

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