Reed canary grass straw as a substrate in soilless cultivation of strawberry

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 178, Issue , 2014, Pages 217-223

  Kuisma, Eero ^a   Palonen, Pauliina ^a   Yli Halla, Markku ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HELSINKI   (Finland)

Author keywords

Buffering capacity; Fragaria ananassa; Growing medium; Growth substrate; Water holding capacity

Indexed keywords

BUFFERING; CARBON; COIR; CULTIVATION; EVERGREEN TREE; GRASS; GROWTH; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; STRAW; SUGAR;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA; PHALARIS ARUNDINACEA;

EID: 84907522457     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2014.09.002     Document Type: Article

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