Impact of vermicompost on vegetable transplant quality

HortScience

Volumn 40, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 2020-2023

  Paul, Lindsay C ^a,b   Metzger, James D ^a  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Capsicum annuum L.; Earthworm castings; Eggplant; Eisenia fetida; Lycopersicon esculentum Mill.; Peat alternatives; Pepper; Soilless media; Solanum melongena L.; Tomato

Indexed keywords

METABOLITES; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; PLANTS (BOTANY); WASTES;

CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.; EARTHWORM CASTINGS; EGGPLANTS; EISENIA FETIDA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM MILL.; PEAT ALTERNATIVES; PEPPER; SOILLESS MEDIA; SOLANUM MELONGENA L.;

CROPS;

FARM CROPS; METABOLISM; MOISTURE; NUTRITION; PLANTS; TOMATOES; WASTES;

BOS TAURUS; CAPSICUM; CAPSICUM ANNUUM; EISENIA FETIDA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; SOLANUM MELONGENA;

EID: 28444474776     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.40.7.2020     Document Type: Article

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