Evaluating fertilization and water practices to minimize NO3-N Leachate from container-grown Forsythia

HortScience

Volumn 44, Issue 7, 2009, Pages 1833-1837

  Alam, Mohammed Z ^a   Chong, Calvin ^b   Llewellyn, Jennifer ^c   Lumis, Glen P ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^c FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Container culture; CRF; Dibbling; Irrigation strategies; Leachate nitrogen

Indexed keywords

FORSYTHIA;

EID: 72849109720     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.44.7.1833     Document Type: Article

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