Effects of fertilizer and foam soil amendment on sod establishment

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 661, Issue , 2004, Pages 265-270

  Nikolopoulou, A E ^a   Tsoggarakis, G ^a   Gourlias, D ^a   Nektarios, P A ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Foliar fertilization; Slow release fertilizer; Sod anchorage; Soluble fertilizer; Urea formaldehyde resin foam; Vertical force; Visual quality

Indexed keywords

EID: 70349417201     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.661.33     Document Type: Conference Paper

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