Environmental and agronomic evaluation of containerized substrates developed from sewage sludge compost for ornamental plant production

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1013, Issue , 2013, Pages 431-440

  Vecchietti, L ^a   De Lucia, B ^a   Russo, G ^a   Rea, E ^b   Leone, A ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BARI   (Italy)

^b CRA Centre of Research for the Study of the Relations between Plant and Soil   (Italy)

^c EDEN '94 Srl Composting Firm ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

Bougainvillea; Growing media characterization; LCA; Peat free; Pot cultivation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84892753801     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/actahortic.2013.1013.54     Document Type: Article

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