Organo-mineral fertilization in natural peatlands of the Quebec North-Shore, Canada: Dispersion in soil and effects on cloudberry growth and fruit yield

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 61, Issue SUPPL.1, 2011, Pages 8-17

  Hébert Gentile, Valérie ^a   Naess, S Kristine ^b   Parent, Léon Étienne ^a   Lapointe, Line ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b Centre de Recherche Les Buissons   (Canada)

Author keywords

Bog; crab meal; fish meal; flowering frequency; fruit yield; nutrient dispersion in soil; organic fertilizer; plant nutrient concentration; potassium chloride; Rubus chamaemorus

Indexed keywords

DECAPODA (CRUSTACEA); RUBUS; RUBUS CHAMAEMORUS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84858858837     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2011.603739     Document Type: Article

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