New Guinea Impatiens growth response and nutrient release from controlled-release fertilizer in a recirculating subirrigation and top-watering system

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 280-286

  Richards, Daphne L ^a   Reed, David Wm ^a  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

CRF; Ebb and flood; Ebb and flow; Nitrogen; Osmocote; Phosphorus; Plant nutrition; Potassium; Slow release fertilizer

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GROWTH KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PLANTS (BOTANY); WATER TREATMENT;

GROWTH PARAMETERS; GROWTH RESPONSES; NUTRIENT RELEASE; OPTIMUM RATE RESPONSE;

IRRIGATION;

IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS HAWKERI; IMPATIENS HAWKERII;

EID: 2042487215     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.2.280     Document Type: Article

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