Substrates and fertilization for the rustic cultivation of in vitro propagated native orchids in Soconusco, Chiapas

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 214-222

  Damon, Anne ^a   Pérez Soriano, Marco ^a   del Lourdes Rivera, Maria ^a  

^a EL COLEGIO DE LA FRONTERA SUR   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Acclimatization; Bamboo; Bark; Clay tiles; Coffee; Conservation; Epiphyte; Fertilization; In vitro propagation; Orchid cultivation; Substrate

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; HORTICULTURE; PROPAGATION (HORTICULTURE); SUBSTRATE;

CHIAPAS; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA; SOCONUSCO;

BRASSAVOLA NODOSA; CATTLEYA AURANTIACA; CATTLEYA SKINNERI; CYCNOCHES; ENCYCLIA; ENCYCLIA CORDIGERA; FUNGI; ORCHIDACEAE; PLEUROTHALLIS; PROSTHECHEA; THEOBROMA BICOLOR;

EID: 30444460362     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1079/RAF2005106     Document Type: Article

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