Survey of container nursery irrigation practices in west-central Florida: An educational opportunity

HortTechnology

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 682-685

  Schoene, Gisele ^a   Yeager, Thomas ^a   Haman, Dorota ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Best management practices; Container production; Ornamental plants

Indexed keywords

EID: 33750018062     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.16.4.0682     Document Type: Article

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