Organic Mulch Impact on Vegetation dynamics and Productivity of highbush blueberry under organic production

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 688-696

  Burkhard, Nicole ^a   Lynch, Derek ^a   Percival, David ^a   Sharifi, Mehdi ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compost; Fruit quality; Ground floor management; Leaf NPK; Pine needles; Vaccinium corymbosum; Weed control

Indexed keywords

OVIS ARIES; RUMEX ACETOSELLA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 67650815927     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.3.688     Document Type: Article

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