Physical properties of pine bark substrate amended with industrial mineral aggregate

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 779, Issue , 2008, Pages 131-138

  Owen, James S ^a   Warren, Stuart L ^a   Bilderback, Ted E ^a   Albano, Joseph ^b   Cassel, Keith D ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b U S DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE   (United States)

Author keywords

Air space; Available water; Clay; Container capacity; Sand; Soil moisture; Water

Indexed keywords

EID: 61449247337     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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