Long term large scale soil solarization as a low-input production system for Florida vegetables

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 638, Issue , 2004, Pages 177-188

  Ozores Hampton, Monica ^a   Stansly, P A ^a   McSorley, R ^b   Roe, N E ^c   Chellemi, D O ^d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^c Farming Systems Research Inc   (United States)

^d U S HORTICULTURAL RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compost; Nematodes; Organic amendments; Soil nutrients; Sustainable agriculture; Weeds

Indexed keywords

EID: 79960933991     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2004.638.23     Document Type: Conference Paper

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