Cation exchange capacity and base saturation variation among Alberta, Canada, moss peats

HortScience

Volumn 42, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 349-352

  Rippy, Janet F M ^a   Nelson, Paul V ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Neutralization requirement; pH drift; Sphagnum species

Indexed keywords

CANADA; ION EXCHANGE; PH; POSITIVE IONS; SATURATION (MATERIALS COMPOSITION);

BASE SATURATION (BS); CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITY (CEC); NEUTRALIZATION REQUIREMENTS; PH DRIFT;

PEAT;

CATION EXCHANGE; MOSS; PEAT; PH; SATURATION;

BRYOPHYTA; SPHAGNUM; SPHAGNUM FUSCUM;

EID: 34047201094     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.42.2.349     Document Type: Article

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