Growth and yield response of marigold to potting media containing vermicompost produced from different wastes

Environmentalist

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 123-130

  Sangwan, Pritam ^a   Garg, V K ^a   Kaushik, C P ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

Filter cake; Horse dung; Marigold; Potting media; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CROP PRODUCTION; FERTILITY; FUNCTIONAL MORPHOLOGY; GROWTH RATE; HERB; MANURE; RECYCLING; SLUDGE; SOIL FERTILITY; WASTEWATER; YIELD RESPONSE;

EQUIDAE;

EID: 77951939224     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-009-9251-3     Document Type: Article

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