Growing plants in soilless culture: Operational conclusions

Soilless Culture: Theory and Practice

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 545-571

  Raviv, Michael ^a   Lieth, J Heinrich ^b   Bar Tal, Asher ^a   Silber, Avner ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1016/B978-044452975-6.50015-0     Document Type: Chapter

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