Agricultural and municipal waste as potting media components for the growth and flowering of Dahlia hortensis 'Figaro'

Turkish Journal of Botany

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 378-385

  Tariq, Usman ^a   ur Rehman, Shoaibur ^a   Khan, Muhammad Aslam ^a   Younis, Adnan ^a   Yaseen, Muhammad ^a   Ahsan, Muhammad ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Pakistan)

Author keywords

Coconut coir; Dahlia; Potting media; Rice hull; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

ANNUAL PLANT; FLOWERING; GROWTH; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

EID: 84862644370     PISSN: 1300008X     EISSN: 13036106     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3906/bot-1109-16     Document Type: Article

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