Water and nutrient retention properties of internally porous inorganic amendments in high sand content root zones

Journal of Turfgrass Management

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 49-69

  McCoy, Edward L ^a   Stehouwer, Richard C ^b  

^a OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Amendments; Nutrient leaching; Nutrient retention; Root zones; Water retention

Indexed keywords

EID: 85012048981     PISSN: 1070437X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1300/J099v02n04_05     Document Type: Article

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