Evaluating chemical indices of growing media for nursery production of Quercus rubra seedlings

HortScience

Volumn 41, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 1342-1346

  Salifu, K Francis ^a   Nicodemus, Michael A ^a   Jacobs, Douglass F ^a   Davis, Anthony S ^a  

^a PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Antagonistic interactions; Container culture; Fertilization; Nitrogen; Northern red oak; Seedling development

Indexed keywords

INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; NUTRITION; PH EFFECTS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

ANTAGONISTIC INTERACTIONS; CONTAINER CULTURE; SEEDLING DEVELOPMENT; YIELDING SUBSTRATES;

SEED;

FERTILIZERS; INDICATORS; NUTRITION; PH; PLANTS; QUERCUS RUBRA; SEEDS; YIELD;

QUERCUS RUBRA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 33748639926     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.41.5.1342     Document Type: Article

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