Using compost as mulch for highbush blueberry

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1001, Issue , 2013, Pages 369-374

  Forge, T ^a   Temple, W ^b   Bomke, A ^b  

^a SUMMERLAND RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTRE   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Magnesium; Mycorrhizae; Nitrogen; Potassium; Sawdust mulch; Soil electrical conductivity; Vaccinium

Indexed keywords

CONIFEROPHYTA; VACCINIUM; VACCINIUM CORYMBOSUM;

EID: 84882666662     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1001.43     Document Type: Conference Paper

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