Potting Media: Influence of Potting Media on Growth and Development of Dahlia (Dahlia hortensis) - Couverture souple

Tariq, Usman; Rehman, Shoaib Ur; Younis, Adnan

 
9783846517444: Potting Media: Influence of Potting Media on Growth and Development of Dahlia (Dahlia hortensis)
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 3846517445 ISBN 13 : 9783846517444
Editeur : LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing, 2011

Synopsis

Potting soil mixes are the most important factors for quality production of flowers in floriculture.It becomes farmer’s first preference these days because flowering crops provide higher returns than traditional crops and its marketing offers both small and large scale growers a way to increase the level of sustainability on their farms. Organic materials from agriculture, forestry, green areas and livestock farming as well as residues from municipal and industrial waste are strongly recommended for use as renewable resources in pot production that palliate their harmful and negative impact on local and global environmental degradation. In Pakistan locally available material like sawdust, coco-nut coir dust, Sewage Sludge, spent mushroom compost, rice hull and cotton gin trash are yet not fully evaluated as potting media in different compositions. Therefore different types of media like silt, coconut coir, dust, Sewage Sludge, spent mushroom compost, rice hull alone and in different compositions were evaluated for the production of dahlia.

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Présentation de l'éditeur

Potting soil mixes are the most important factors for quality production of flowers in floriculture.It becomes farmer’s first preference these days because flowering crops provide higher returns than traditional crops and its marketing offers both small and large scale growers a way to increase the level of sustainability on their farms. Organic materials from agriculture, forestry, green areas and livestock farming as well as residues from municipal and industrial waste are strongly recommended for use as renewable resources in pot production that palliate their harmful and negative impact on local and global environmental degradation. In Pakistan locally available material like sawdust, coco-nut coir dust, Sewage Sludge, spent mushroom compost, rice hull and cotton gin trash are yet not fully evaluated as potting media in different compositions. Therefore different types of media like silt, coconut coir, dust, Sewage Sludge, spent mushroom compost, rice hull alone and in different compositions were evaluated for the production of dahlia.

Biographie de l'auteur

Usman Tariq completed his M.Sc (Hons)/M.Phil in Horticulture(Floriculture)in 2010 from Institute of Horticultural Sciences, University of Agriculture, Faisalabad.

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Éditeur
LAP LAMBERT Academic Publishing
Date d'édition
2011
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
3846517445
ISBN 13 
9783846517444
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
84
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