Fresh parboiled rice hulls serve as an alternative to perlite in greenhouse crop substrates

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 232-235

  Evans, Michael R ^a   Gachukia, Maryanne ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Bedding plants; Catharanthus roseus; Impatiens walleriana; Lycopersicon esculentum; Nitrogen depletion; Oryza sativa; Pelargonium xhortorum; Vegetable transplants; Viola xwittrockiana

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; GREENHOUSE EFFECT; GROWTH KINETICS; HULLS (SEED COVERINGS); PLANTS (BOTANY); SEED; SUBSTRATES; WEED CONTROL;

RICE HULLS; ROOT WEIGHTS;

CROPS;

CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS WALLERIANA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; ORYZA SATIVA; PELARGONIUM; PELARGONIUM HORTORUM; PELARGONIUM X HORTORUM; SPHAGNUM; TAGETES; TAGETES PATULA; VINCA; VIOLA (ANGIOSPERM); VIOLA WITTROCKIANA; VIOLACEAE;

EID: 2042419842     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.2.232     Document Type: Article

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