The importance of determining carbon sequestration and greenhouse gas mitigation potential in ornamental horticulture

HortScience

Volumn 46, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 240-244

  Christopher Marble, S ^a   Prior, Stephen A ^b   Brett Runion, G ^b   Allen Torbert, H ^b   Gilliam, Charles H ^a   Fain, Glenn B ^a  

^a AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Additional index words; Carbon dioxide; Carbon storage; Climate change; Trace gases

Indexed keywords

EID: 79951625300     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.46.2.240     Document Type: Article

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