Comparison of biochars derived from wood pellets and pelletized wheat straw as replacements for peat in potting substrates

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 51, Issue , 2013, Pages 437-443

  Vaughn, Steven F ^a   Kenar, James A ^a   Thompson, Arthur R ^a   Peterson, Steven C ^a  

^a NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochar; Container production; Peat moss; Potting medium; Soilless substrate

Indexed keywords

BIO CHARS; CONTAINER CAPACITY; CONTAINER PRODUCTION; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; PEAT MOSS; POTTING MEDIUM; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM;

CONTAINERS; ELECTRIC PROPERTIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; HARDWOODS; PEAT; PELLETIZING; POROSITY; STRAW;

SUBSTRATES;

CROP; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; PEAT; PYROLYSIS; STRAW; VERMICULITE;

EID: 84886816063     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2013.10.010     Document Type: Article

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