Liming power of different particle fractions of biochar

Acta Horticulturae

Volumn 1034, Issue , 2014, Pages 363-368

  Zaccheo, P ^a   Crippa, L ^a   Cattivello, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

^b ERSA FVG   (Italy)

Author keywords

Acidity; Air volume; Growing media; Lime materials; Particle size; Shrinkage; White peat

Indexed keywords

EID: 84902256645     PISSN: 05677572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.17660/ActaHortic.2014.1034.45     Document Type: Article

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