Growth of bedding plants in commercial potting substrate amended with vermicompost

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 3155-3161

  Bachman, G R ^a   Metzger, J D ^b  

^a ILLINOIS STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Alternative media; Organic by products; Worm castings

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRIGATION; SUBSTRATES;

ALTERNATIVE MEDIA; ORGANIC BY-PRODUCTS; WORM CASTINGS;

PLANTS (BOTANY);

COMPOSTING; GROWTH KINETICS; IRRIGATION; PLANTS (BOTANY); SUBSTRATES;

COMPOST; GERMINATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; PLANT; SEEDLING; VEGETABLE; WORM CAST;

ARTICLE; CONTROLLED STUDY; NONHUMAN; PEPPER; PLANT; PLANT GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TEMPERATURE; VERMICOMPOST;

ALUMINUM SILICATES; FLOWERS; GERMINATION; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PLANT ROOTS; PLANT SHOOTS; PLANTS; SEEDLING; SOIL; TAGETES;

CENTAUREA CYANUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PIPER MARGINATUM; SUIDAE; TAGETES PATULA;

EID: 38849104537     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.05.069     Document Type: Article

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