Nutrient release from controlled-release fertilizers in acid substrate in a greenhouse environment: II. Leachate calcium, magnesium, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, and molybdenum concentrations

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 788-793

  Blythe, Eugene K ^a   Merhaut, Donald J ^a   Newman, Julie P ^b   Albano, Joseph P ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b Medical Center of California   (United States)

^c U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Leachate; Micronutrients; Multicote; Nursery; Nutricote; Osmocote; Polymers; Polyon

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM PRINTING PLATES; MANGANESE; POLYMERS; ZINC;

LEACHATE; MICRONUTRIENTS; MULTICOTE; NUTRICOTE; OSMOCOTE; POLYON;

FERTILIZERS;

CALCIUM; COPPER; FERTILIZERS; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NURSERIES; POLYMERS; ZINC;

CAMELLIA;

EID: 33646454769     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.3.788     Document Type: Article

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