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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Format: | Article |
Language: | English |
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MDPI AG
2020-05-01
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Series: | Forests |
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Online Access: | https://www.mdpi.com/1999-4907/11/5/522 |