Response of potted Australian ornamental plants to different soil water conditions

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 807, Issue , 2009, Pages 277-282

  De Lucia, B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

Author keywords

Container grown Eremophila species; Plant performance; Stress conditions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865400468     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2009.807.37     Document Type: Conference Paper

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