Hydrophysical properties, moisture retention, and drainage profiles of wood and traditional components for greenhouse substrates

HortScience

Volumn 49, Issue 6, 2014, Pages 827-832

  Fields, Jeb S ^a   Fonteno, William C ^a   Jackson, Brian E ^a   Heitman, Joshua L ^a   Owen Jr , James S ^b  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Peat; Perlite; Pine tree substrate; Soil matric tension; Van genuchten model

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904001783     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.49.6.827     Document Type: Article

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