Organic materials and nitrogen-potassium ratios for bermuda tifdwarf (Cynodon dactylon )

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 450, Issue , 1997, Pages 505-510

  Siti Aishah, H ^a   Mohd Amri, A M ^a   Ramlan, M F ^a   Mamat, A S ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Carbohydrate content; Growth; Nutrient content; Peat; POME

Indexed keywords

EID: 84155161090     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.1997.450.64     Document Type: Conference Paper

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