Properties of plastic, peat, and processed poultry feather fiber growing containers

HortScience

Volumn 39, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 1008-1011

  Evans, Michael R ^a   Karcher, Douglas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Decomposition; Paper pots; Pots; Water usage

Indexed keywords

DRAINAGE; PEAT; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; SUBSTRATES;

FEATHER FIBER; PUNCH STRENGTH; WATER LOSS;

PLASTIC CONTAINERS;

ALGAE; CATHARANTHUS ROSEUS; FUNGI; IMPATIENS; IMPATIENS WALLERIANA; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; TAGETES; TAGETES PATULA; VINCA;

EID: 3142728618     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.39.5.1008     Document Type: Article

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