Effects of artificial amendments in potting media on Orthosiphon aristatus growth and development

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 123, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 129-136

  Nguyen, Trung Ta ^a,b   Joyce, Daryl C ^a   Dinh, Son Quang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

^b TAY NGUYEN UNIVERSITY   (Viet Nam)

Author keywords

Composted pine bark; Polyacrylamide gel; Soil amendment; Urea formaldehyde resin foam; Water deficit stress

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL ECOSYSTEM; BARK; BULK DENSITY; GEL; GROWTH RATE; MEDICINAL PLANT; POROSITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUBSTRATE; WATER CONTENT; WATER STRESS; WILTING;

ORTHOSIPHON; ORTHOSIPHON ARISTATUS;

EID: 70349431087     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2009.07.023     Document Type: Article

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