Almond shell waste: Possible local rockwool substitute in soilless crop culture

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 103, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 453-460

  Urrestarazu, Miguel ^a   Martínez, Gabino Alberto ^a   Salas, María Del Carmen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALMERÍA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Almond waste utilization; Growing media; Particle size; Prunus dulci L.; Soilless culture; Sustainable agriculture; Volume container; Waste reclamation

Indexed keywords

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; HORTICULTURE; RECYCLING; WATER USE; YIELD;

CUCUMIS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PRUNUS; PRUNUS DULCIS;

EID: 11844283997     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2004.06.011     Document Type: Article

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