Replacement of a Peat-Lite Medium with Municipal Solid Waste Compost for Growing Melon (Cucumis melo L.) Transplant Seedlings

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 17, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 31-39

  Herrera, F ^a   Castillo, J E ^a   Bellido, L López ^a   Lopez Bellido R J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CÓRDOBA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITY OF HUELVA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; MIXTURES; PEAT; SOLID WASTES; SUBSTRATES;

APPLICATION RATES; CUCUMIS MELO; HIGH QUALITY; HIGH SALTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOST; PLANT GROWTH; SPHAGNUM PEAT; SUBSTRATE QUALITY;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

COMPOST; GROWTH RESPONSE; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PEAT; SEEDLING; TRANSPLANTATION; VINE;

CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS MELO; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 64549154799     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2009.10702397     Document Type: Article

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