Biochar and humic acid amendments improve the quality of composted green waste as a growth medium for the ornamental plant Calathea insignis

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 176, Issue , 2014, Pages 70-78

  Zhang, Lu ^a   Sun, Xiang yang ^a   Tian, Yun ^b   Gong, Xiao qiang ^a  

^a BEIJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b RESEARCH INSTITUTE OF FORESTRY   (China)

Author keywords

Coarseness index; Microbial biomass; Particle size distribution; Photosynthetic pigment

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904417117     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.06.021     Document Type: Article

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