Growing American ginseng organically in a North American broadleaf forest

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 765, Issue , 2008, Pages 77-86

  Fournier, A R ^a   Charest, P ^a   Gosselin, A ^a   Khanizadeh, S ^b   Dorais, M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Light intensity; Light quality; Liming; Mulch; Panax quinquefolius; Soil preparation; Sunflecks; VAM

Indexed keywords

PANAX GINSENG; PANAX QUINQUEFOLIUS;

EID: 42149166794     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2008.765.9     Document Type: Conference Paper

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