Olive-mill waste compost as a growth medium component for foliage potted plants

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 1746-1750

  Papafotiou, M ^a,b   Kargas, G ^a,c   Lytra, I ^a,b  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b Laboratory of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture   (Greece)

^c Laboratory of Agricultural Hydraulics   (Greece)

Author keywords

Codiaeum variegatum; Ficus benjamina; Growing mix; Horticultural substrate; Ornamentals; Potting medium; Syngonium podophyllum

Indexed keywords

ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PLANTS (BOTANY); POROSITY; WASTES; WATER;

CODIAEUM VARIAGETUM; FICUS BENJAMINA; GROWING MIX; HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATE; ORNAMENTALS; POTTING MEDIUM; SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM;

VEGETATION;

PLANTS; POROSITY; RESISTIVITY; SHOOTS; STEMS; WASTES; WATER;

CODIAEUM VARIEGATUM; FICUS BENJAMINA; PODOPHYLLUM; SPHAGNUM; SYNGONIUM PODOPHYLLUM;

EID: 24944468732     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.6.1746     Document Type: Article

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