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GROWING MEDIA USED BY NURSERIES FOR CONTAINER-GROWN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS IN GIRONA (CATALONIA): A SURVEY OF 1996 AND 2009

Article number

1013_17

Pages

153 – 158

Language

English

Abstract

Publication

International Symposium on Growing Media, Composting and Substrate Analysis

Authors

O. Marfà, C. Cunill, L. Luján, L. Narváez, P. López, J.M. Pagès, R. Cáceres, S. Burés

Keywords

growing media, biostability, substrate standardization and reproducibility

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.2013.1013.17

Online Articles (65)

1. CHALLENGES OF COMPOSTING FOR GROWING MEDIA PURPOSES IN SPAIN AND THE MEDITERRANEAN AREA

R. Moral | C. Paredes | M.D. Perez-Murcia | A. Perez-Espinosa | M.A. Bustamante

2. STRATEGIES FOR DEVELOPING SUSTAINABLE SUBSTRATES IN NURSERY CROP PRODUCTION

3. EUROPEAN STANDARDISATION OF GROWING MEDIA ANALYSIS – A CRITICAL REVIEW

A. Baumgarten

4. PH IN ROCKWOOL PROPAGATION BLOCKS: A METHOD TO MEASURE THE PH BUFFER CAPACITY OF ROCKWOOL AND OTHER MINERAL ROOTING MEDIA

C. Blok | R. Kaarsemaker

5. ROOT OXYGEN USE DURING PROPAGATION OF CUCUMBER ON ROCKWOOL CUBES

C. Blok | S. Gérard

6. DETERMINATION OF NITROGEN IMMOBILIZATION INDEX IN GROWING MEDIA: EFFECT OF INCUBATION TIME AND INOCULATION WITH COMPOST

I. Domeño | I. Irigoyen | J. Muro

7. PHYSICAL CHARACTERIZATION OF GROWING MEDIA USING STANDARD METHODS (CEN) – LIMITATIONS OF APPLICABILITY FOR PINE BARK AND VERMICULITE

A. Masaguer | P. Vidueira | A. Moliner | B.H. Zárate

8. COLOUR OF PEAT AS AN INDICATOR OF CHEMICAL, BIOLOGICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF PEATS

M. Prasad | M.J. Maher

9. ASSESSING COMPOST PHYTOTOXICITY USING COMPOST ELUATES AND A COMPOST PLATE BIOASSAY

L. Roca-Pérez | L. Marimón | C. Campillo | L. Ponce | R. Boluda

10. SPANISH LEGISLATION ON GROWING MEDIA

B.M. Rodríguez Sendón

11. A VIEW BEYOND TRADITIONAL GROWING MEDIA USES

S. Burés

12. A PRELIMINARY STUDY OF THE EFFECT OF BIOCHAR FROM MAPLE (ACER SPP.) ON ROOT GROWTH OF SELECTED AGRONOMIC CROPS

B. Borsari

13. FACTORS AFFECTING THE SWELLING CAPACITY OF PEAT-BASED SUBSTRATES

C. Cattivello

14. OPTIMIZATION OF CLAY AMENDMENT FOR IMPROVING THE RE-WETTABILITY OF PEAT-BASED GROWING MEDIA

15. A PRAGMATIC APPROACH TO WETTABILITY AND HYDRATION OF HORTICULTURAL SUBSTRATES

W.C. Fonteno | J.S. Fields | B.E. Jackson

16. SPATIAL ARRANGEMENTS AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF GRANULAR MINERAL MATERIALS AND COMPOSTED GREEN WASTE IN GREEN ROOF GROWING MEDIA

A. Graceson | N. Hall | M. Hare | J. Monaghan

17. GROWING MEDIA USED BY NURSERIES FOR CONTAINER-GROWN ORNAMENTAL PLANTS IN GIRONA (CATALONIA): A SURVEY OF 1996 AND 2009

18. CONSEQUENCES OF ROOT DEVELOPMENT ON THE EVOLUTION OF HYDRAULIC PROPERTIES OF PEAT GROWING MEDIA UNDER A CONSTANT AND OPTIMAL WATER REGIME

J.-C. Michel | E. Kerloch | E. Bozon | P. Cannavo

19. WATER REPELLENCY OF PEATS: A MAIN FACTOR INFLUENCING THE EVOLUTION OF THEIR PHYSICAL PROPERTIES

J.-C. Michel | G. Qi | S. Charpentier

20. BENEFICIAL EFFECT OF COCONUT FIBER AND PEAT ON THE PHYSICAL QUALITY OF NURSERY SUBSTRATES

M. Sangaré | M.R. Nemati | J.P. Fortin

21. RETAINING CELL WALL STRUCTURE IN PRODUCING QUALITY COMPOSTS TO REPLACE PEAT AS GROWING MEDIA

22. SWOT ANALYSIS OF THE USE OF COMPOSTS AS GROWING MEDIA COMPONENTS

M. Raviv

23. COMPARING ORGANIC FRACTION CHANGES OF ONE COMPOSTING AND TWO VERMICOMPOSTING PROCESSES AIMED TO PRODUCE QUALITY COMPOST AND VERMICOMPOSTS FOR SOILLESS CULTIVATION OR AS SOIL CONDITIONER

D. Mendoza-Hernández | R. García-de-la-Fuente | F. Fornes | M. Abad | R.M. Belda

24. COMPOSTING OF ACACIA LONGIFOLIA AND ACACIA MELANOXYLON INVASIVE SPECIES

L.M. Brito | J. Saldanha | I. Mourão | H. Nestler

25. COMPOST PREPARED WITH TWO PHASE OLIVE MILL WASTE “ALPERUJO” AS GROWING MEDIA

A. Fernández-Hernández | C. García-Ortiz Civantos | A. Roig | M.A. Sánchez-Monedero

26. EVALUATION OF PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYTOTOXICITY OF TUNISIAN MATURE AGRICULTURAL WASTES AS COMPOSTS

M. Kammoun Rigane | K. Medhioub | J.C. Michel | P. Morel

27. EVALUATION OF URBAN SOLID WASTE AND SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTS AS COMPONENTS OF GROWING MEDIA

N. López-López | A. López-Fabal

28. MAY COMPOST LEAD TO INCREASED HORTICULTURAL PRODUCTION ON MIXED FARMS?

K. Zmaić | R. Loncarić | T. Sudarić

29. COMPOST PRODUCTION AND COMPOSTED MANURE QUALITY EVALUATION

M. Vukobratović | Z. Vukobratović | Z. Loncarić | B. Popović | K. Karalić

30. IMPROVING GARDENERS’ UNDERSTANDING OF WATER MANAGEMENT IN PEAT AND PEAT-FREE MULTI-PURPOSE GROWING MEDIA: AN ASSESSMENT WITH FUCHSIA

P.D. Alexander | R.H. Williams | I.M. Nevison

31. CAPACITY OF COMPOSTS MADE FROM AGRICULTURE INDUSTRY RESIDUES TO SUPPRESS DIFFERENT PLANT DISEASES

32. INFLUENCE OF DIFFERENT COIR-BASED MEDIA AND IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT IN A SOILLESS SYSTEM ON THE AGRONOMIC BEHAVIOUR OF PEPPER

33. BEHAVIOUR OF VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS CULTIVATED ON PEATS WITH DIFFERENT DEGREES OF DECOMPOSITION

W.R. Carlile | C. Cattivello

34. WATER SANITIZING AGENTS SUCH AS CHLORINE AND CHLORINE DIOXIDE INTERACT WITH PEAT SUBSTRATE AND SUSPENDED SOLIDS

P.R. Fisher | G. Mohammad-Pour | D.W. Haskell | J. Huang | D.P. Meador

35. THE USE OF THE NITRIFICATION INHIBITOR 3, 4 DIMETHYLPYRAZOL PHOSPHATE (DMPP) ON THE GROWTH OF ROSE PLANTS CULTIVATED IN SOIL AND COCONUT FIBRE

A. García-Castro | H. Restrepo-Díaz | V.J. Flórez-Roncancio

36. IMPROVED PRODUCTIVITY BY SPLIT ROOT FERTIGATION IN GREENHOUSE-GROWN CUCUMBER

J. Näkkilä | K. Jokinen | L. Särkkä | R. Tahvonen

37. ASSESSMENT OF TWO SUBSTRATES FOR THE PRODUCTION OF POTTED BAY LAUREL IRRIGATED WITH SALINE RECLAIMED WASTEWATER

38. STATE OF THE ART AND NEW TRENDS OF SOILLESS CULTURE IN SPAIN AND IN EMERGING COUNTRIES

M. Urrestarazu

39. OXYGEN DIFFUSION IN RELATION TO PHYSICAL CHARACTERISTICS OF GROWING MEDIA

J.B.G.M. Verhagen

40. BORON IN ROCKWOOL GROWN SWEET PEPPER (CAPSICUM ANNUUM L.)

W. Voogt | C. Bloemhard

41. EFFECT OF CONTROLLED-RELEASE FERTILIZERS ON CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF TWO GROWING MEDIA DURING 12 MONTHS STORAGE

P. Zaccheo | L. Crippa | C. Cattivello

42. BEHAVIOUR OF HOOF AND HORN DURING THE STORAGE OF PEAT-BASED AND PEAT/PUMICE-BASED GROWING MEDIA

C. Cattivello | P. Zaccheo | L. Crippa

43. TOWARDS SUSTAINABILITY IN GROWING MEDIA

B. Carlile | A. Coules

44. USE OF FUNCTIONAL BIOSOLIDS-DERIVED COMPOSTS AS GROWING MEDIA FOR THE PRODUCTION OF LAVENDER (LAVANDULA DENTATE) AND ROSEMARY (ROSMARINUS OFFICINALIS)

45. THE EFFECT OF VERMICOMPOST ON THE GROWTH OF RADISH

I. Alsina | L. Dubova | V. Steinberga | G. Gmizo

46. UTILIZATION OF THE SOLID FRACTION OF DIGESTATE FROM ANAEROBIC DIGESTION AS CONTAINER MEDIA SUBSTRATE

L. Crippa | P. Zaccheo | D. Orfeo

47. THE EFFECTS OF COMPOSTED SEAFOOD WASTE (CSW) ON THE GROWTH AND DEVELOPMENT OF TOMATO TEST PLANTS (LYCOPERSICON LYCOPERSICUM VAR. SHIRLEY) IN REDUCED FERTILIZED (50%) PEAT AND PEAT/COMPOSTED GREEN WASTE (CGW) (60:40) BASED MEDIA

48. REHABILITATION TRIALS IN A BOG PEATLAND IN QUEBEC

J.-P. Fortin | M.R. Nemati | M. Marchand-Roy

49. CASTOR BEAN FRUIT HUSKS AS SUBSTRATE FOR PALM SEEDLINGS

J. Mendes Jasmim | C.E. Ferreira dos Santos Júnior | H. Duarte Vieira | G.E. Machado Lopes

50. EFFECT OF BIOFERTILIZERS, VERMICOMPOST, AZOTOBACTER AND BIOPHOSPHATE ON THE GROWTH, NUTRIENT UPTAKE AND ESSENTIAL OIL CONTENT OF DRAGONHEAD (DRACOCEPHALUM MOLDAVICA L.)

S. Mafakheri | R. Omidbaigi | F. Sefidkon | F. Rejali

51. COMPOSTING AND CHARACTERIZATION OF ORGANIC SUBSTRATES USED FOR TOMATO PRODUCTION UNDER GREENHOUSE CONDITIONS

A. Masaguer | B.H. Zárate | B. Ortíz | G. Magadan

52. SUBSTRATE QUALITY, IRRIGATION MANAGEMENT AND THE GREENHOUSE PRODUCTION OF HIGH-PERFORMANCE PLANTS

M.R. Nemati | J.-P. | J. Massé

53. PRODUCTION OF LETTUCE SEEDLINGS IN COCONUT COIR AMENDED WITH COMPOST AND VERMICOMPOST

H.M. Ribeiro | C. Freire | F. Cabral | E. Vasconcelos | L.M. Brito

54. EFFECT OF ZEOLITE AND VINE VINASSE ON ROSE SEEDLING GROWTH

A. Trinchera | S. Rinaldi | R. Epifani | E. Rea

55. ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRONOMIC EVALUATION OF CONTAINERIZED SUBSTRATES DEVELOPED FROM SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST FOR ORNAMENTAL PLANT PRODUCTION

L. Vecchietti | B. De Lucia | G. Russo | E. Rea | A. Leone

56. RECENT ADVANCES IN MICROBIAL ASPECTS OF COMPOST PRODUCTION AND USE

J. Moreno | M.J. López | M.C. Vargas‐García | F. Suárez‐Estrella

57. FACTORS THAT AFFECT THE CAPACITY OF GROWING MEDIA TO SUPPRESS VERTICILLIUM WILT

R. Castaño | M. Avilés

58. CULTURE MEDIA PERFORMANCE ON THE DETECTION OF ACTINOMYCETES FROM COMPOSTS

L. Coelho | M. Reis | L. Dionísio

59. THE EFFECT OF COMPOSTED GREEN WASTE (CGW), EITHER AS A SURFACE APPLICATION OR BY INCORPORATION INTO A PEAT-BASED GROWING MEDIUM, ON THE IMPACT OF PYTHIUM SUPPRESSION ON THE GERMINATION AND GROWTH OF LETTUCE (LACTUCA SATIVA ‘LITTLE GEM’)

60. THE INFLUENCE OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI INOCULATION METHOD ON GROWTH OF STRAWBERRY PLANTS IN A SOILLESS GROWING SYSTEM

F. Martinez | C. Weiland | P. Palencia

61. EFFECT OF ARBUSCULAR MYCORRHIZAL FUNGI ON QUALITY OF STRAWBERRY FRUIT IN SOILLESS GROWING SYSTEM

P. Palencia | F. Martinez | C. Weiland

62. CONTROLLING RHIZOCTONIA SOLANI IN CUCUMBER USING COMPOST OF AGRO-INDUSTRIAL RESIDUES

M. Reis | L. Coelho

63. EFFECT OF ANABAENA VAGINICOLA INOCULUM ON GROWTH OF POT PLANTS

H. Riahi | Z. Shariatmadari | M. Khanjir | A. Azizi

64. EFFICACY OF THE MICROBIAL CONTROL AGENT TRICHODERMA ASPERELLUM STRAIN T34 AMENDED TO DIFFERENT GROWTH MEDIA AGAINST SOIL AND PLANT LEAF PATHOGENS

65. INFLUENCE OF GROWING MEDIA ON PHYSIOLOGICAL DISORDERS INCIDENCE IN ORIENTAL RADISHES