Coconut Coir as a Sustainable Nursery Growing Media for Seedling Production of the Ecologically Diverse <i>Quercus</i> Species

Peat, a non-sustainable resource, is still predominately used in forest nurseries. Coconut coir might provide an alternative, renewable, and reliable growing media but few studies have evaluated this media type in forest nurseries. We assessed the influence of pure coir, in combination with various...

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Main Authors: Barbara Mariotti, Sofia Martini, Sabrina Raddi, Andrea Tani, Douglass F. Jacobs, Juan A. Oliet, Alberto Maltoni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2020-05-01
Series:Forests
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/5/522