Use of Spent Mushroom Substrate as Growing Media for Tomato and Cucumber Seedlings

Pedosphere

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 333-342

  Zhang, Run Hua ^a,b   Duan, Zeng Qiang ^a   Li, Zhi Guo ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF GEOLOGY AND GEOPHYSICS   (China)

^b Wuhan Vegetable Research Institute   (China)

^c Wuhan Institute of Botany Chinese Academy of Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Mushroom substrate; Nursery seedlings; Peat; Perlite; Vermiculite

Indexed keywords

CULTIVATION; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FRUIT; LEAF AREA; MUSHROOM; PEAT; PERLITE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; RESOURCE AVAILABILITY; SEEDLING; SUBSTRATE; VEGETABLE; VINE; WEIGHT;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; FLAMMULINA VELUTIPES; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84860481311     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S1002-0160(12)60020-4     Document Type: Article

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