Nutrient availability from Douglas fir bark in response to substrate pH

HortScience

Volumn 43, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 478-483

  Altland, James E ^a   Buamscha, M Gabriela ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Calcium carbonate; Calcium hydroxide; Lime; Pseudotsuga menziesii

Indexed keywords

PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 41149140358     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.43.2.478     Document Type: Article

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