Assessment of plant growth promotion by vermicompost in different progenies of maritime pine (pinus pinaster ait)

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 18, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 111-118

  Lazcano, Cristina ^a   Domínguez, Jorge ^a   Sampedro, Luis ^b   Zas, Rafael ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

^b MISIÓN BIOLÓGICA DE GALICIA CSIC   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FORESTRY; PEAT;

AERIAL BIOMASS; BIOCHEMICAL MECHANISMS; BIOMASS PARTITIONING; MARITIME PINES; MINERAL FERTILIZATION; NUTRIENT LIMITATIONS; PINUS PINASTER AIT; PLANT GROWTH PROMOTION;

ECOLOGY;

BIOMASS ALLOCATION; COMPOST; CONIFEROUS TREE; EARTHWORM; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GENOTYPE; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH REGULATOR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PEAT; ROOT-SHOOT RATIO; SEEDLING EMERGENCE;

EID: 77954856361     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2010.10736943     Document Type: Article

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