Nitrogen Immobilization in Plant Growth Substrates: Clean Chip Residual, Pine Bark, and Peatmoss

Rising costs of potting substrates have caused horticultural growers to search for alternative, lower-cost materials. Objectives of this study were to determine the extent of nitrogen immobilization and microbial respiration in a high wood-fiber content substrate, clean chip residual. Microbial acti...

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Main Authors: Cheryl R. Boyer, H. Allen Torbert, Charles H. Gilliam, Glenn B. Fain, Thomas V. Gallagher, Jeff L. Sibley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2012-01-01
Series:International Journal of Agronomy
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/978528
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