Comparison of herbaceous perennial plant growth in seaweed compost and biosolids compost

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 122-126

  Vendrame, Wagner ^a   Moore, Kimberly K ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); SEAWEED; TRANSPLANTS;

ANGELONIA PLANTS; BIOSOLIDS; COREOPSIS SHOOT DRY MASS; HERBACEOUS PERENNIAL PLANT GROWTH;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST;

PERLITE; PLANTS; SHOOTS; VERMICULITE;

ALGAE; ANGELONIA; ANGELONIA ANGUSTIFOLIA; COREOPSIS; DODECATHEON; GRANDIFLORUM; PSEUDERANTHEMUM; SCUTELLARIA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 22244446497     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2005.10702228     Document Type: Article

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