Responses of common pot grown flower species to commercial plant growth media substituted with vermicomposts

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 15, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 159-166

  Roberts, P ^a   Edwards Jones, G ^a   Jones, D L ^a   Edwards, C A ^b  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; GROWTH KINETICS; PLANTS (BOTANY); STATISTICAL METHODS;

GERMINATION; PLANT GROWTH; VERMICOMPOST;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOSTING; FLOWER; GERMINATION; VERMICULTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

COSMOS BIPINNATUS; ESCHSCHOLZIA; ESCHSCHOLZIA CALIFORNICA; HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS;

EID: 37349053804     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2007.10702328     Document Type: Article

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