Effects of passive heating and storage on the quality of hand-bagged and pre-packed growing media

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 115, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 82-90

  Terhoeven Urselmans, T ^a   Bruns, C ^a   Schmilewski, G ^b   Ludwig, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KASSEL   (Germany)

^b Klasmann Deilmann GmbH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Ammonium accumulation; Chinese white cabbage assay; NH4+:NO3 ratio; Nitrate; oxygen depleted conditions; Storage conditions

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP YIELD; HEATING; NITRATE; OXYGEN; STORAGE; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VEGETABLE; VINE;

BRASSICA NAPUS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. CAPITATA;

EID: 36048989093     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2007.07.007     Document Type: Article

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