Biochar as a Substitute for Vermiculite in Potting Mix for Hybrid Poplar

Bioenergy Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 120-131

  Headlee, William L ^a   Brewer, Catherine E ^a,b   Hall, Richard B ^a  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Horeshoe Cir Jett Hall   (United States)

Author keywords

Biochar; Biomass; Cation exchange capacity; Fertilizer; Populus; Pyrolysis

Indexed keywords

BIO CHARS; CATION EXCHANGE CAPACITIES; HYBRID POPLAR; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA; TOTAL BIOMASS; VECTOR ANALYSIS;

BIOMASS; EXPERIMENTS; FORESTRY; NUTRIENTS; PEAT; POSITIVE IONS; PYROLYSIS;

FERTILIZERS;

BRYOPHYTA; POPULUS; POPULUS NIGRA; POPULUS SUAVEOLENS; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 84896689443     PISSN: 19391234     EISSN: 19391242     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12155-013-9355-y     Document Type: Article

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