Chrysanthemum production in composted and noncomposted organic waste substrates fertilized with nitrogen at two rates using surface and subirrigation

HortScience

Volumn 45, Issue 11, 2010, Pages 1695-1701

  Krucker, Michele ^a   Hummel, Rita L ^a   Cogger, Craig ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHRYSANTHEMUM; PSEUDOTSUGA; PSEUDOTSUGA MENZIESII;

EID: 78449258838     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.45.11.1695     Document Type: Article

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