Suitability of wood fiber substrates for production of vegetable transplants II. The effect of wood fiber substrates and their volume weights on the growth of tomato transplants

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 100, Issue 1-4, 2004, Pages 333-340

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

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Organic plant substrates; Substrate compression; Tomato; Vegetable transplants

Indexed keywords

GROWTH; HORTICULTURE; ORGANIC MATTER; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SUBSTRATE;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 1842830879     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2003.09.004     Document Type: Article

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