Water use and fertilizer response of azalea using several no-leach irrigation methods

HortTechnology

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 21-25

  Million, Jeff ^a   Yeager, Tom ^a   Larsen, Claudia ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Capillary wick; Controlled release; Electrical conductivity; Evapotranspiration; Greenhouse; Overhead; Pour through; Subirrigation

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON;

EID: 33846639514     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.17.1.21     Document Type: Article

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