Plant performance and nutrient losses during containerized bedding plant production using composted dairy manure solids as a peat substitute in substrate

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1516-1521

  Shober, Amy L ^a   Wiese, Christine ^a   Denny, Geoffrey C ^a   Stanley, Craig D ^a   Harbaugh, Brent K ^a   Chen, Jianjun ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Begonia hybrida; Nursery production; Potting media; Solenostemon scutellarioides; Tagetes patula

Indexed keywords

BEGONIA; SOLENOSTEMON SCUTELLARIOIDES; SPHAGNUM; TAGETES PATULA;

EID: 77958455840     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.10.1516     Document Type: Article

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