Physical properties of three sand size classes amended with inorganic materials or sphagnum peat moss for putting green rootzones

Crop Science

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 900-907

  Bigelow, Cale A ^a   Bowman, Daniel C ^b   Cassel, D Keith ^b  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 2442598092     PISSN: 0011183X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2135/cropsci2004.9000     Document Type: Article

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