Suitability of wood fiber substrate for production of vegetable transplants: I. Physical properties of wood fiber substrates

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 309-322

  Gruda, N ^a,b   Schnitzler, W H ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Container capacity; Plant substrates; Pore size distribution; Saturated hydraulic conductivity; Volume loss; Volume weight

Indexed keywords

ORGANIC MATTER; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SUBSTRATE;

EID: 1842637480     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2003.10.001     Document Type: Article

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