to evaluate the effect of limited application of nitrogen (n) on the height control of geranium(pelargonium hortorum) and improving its quality performance, an experiment was conducted based on acomplete randomized block design with three replications in the greenhouse environment through theyears 2011-2012. geranium seedlings were cultivated in the pots filled with peat-based substrate (peat, ...

climatic conditions of guilan have caused to develope azolla growth in wetland and ponds. regarding environmental problems of azolla accumulation, a study was conducted to investigate impact of composted azolla with nutrient solution on the growth of dracaena in replacement of peat in ornamental plants and flower research station, lahijan, iran. the control treatment was a 2:1 ration of peat: p...

Isolation of more than 200 strains of endophytic fungi from the roots of several host plants belonging to order Ericales (Vaccinium, Calluna, Rhododendron, Empetrum, etc.) was followed by a successful attempt to verify ericoid mycorrhiza status of some of these fungal isolates under axenic conditions. In two screening experiments, the most efficient ericoid mycorrhiza fungal strains were found ...

Rockwool (RC) and peat are two common substrates used worldwide in horticultural crop production. In recent years environmental and ecological concerns raised the demand for reducing the use of RC and peat. Although coconut coir (CC) has been increasingly used as an alternative to RC and peat, it is still needed to comprehensively evaluate the feasibility of CC before widely used. To meet this ...

A new mycorrhizal fungal strain was isolated from hair roots of Rhododendron fortunei Lindl. grown in Huading Forest Park, Zhejiang Province, China. Morphological characterization and internal transcribed spacer rDNA analysis suggested that it belongs to Oidiodendron maius Barron, and we designated it as strain Om19. Methods for culturing Om19 were established, and the ability of Om19 to form m...

Experimental research involving Arabidopsis thaliana often involves the quantification of phenotypic traits during cultivation on compost or other growing media. Many commercially-available growing media contain peat, but peat extraction is not sustainable due to its very slow rate of formation. Moreover, peat extraction reduces peatland biodiversity and releases stored carbon and methane into ...

Organic vegetable production has specific research and innovation requirements which are not shared by other parts of the food and farming sector. A pot experiment was conducted to investigate the interactive effects of few permitted organic inputs such as arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi, biochar, and different ratios of peat:worm casting on tomato (Solanum lycopersicum L.) growth, mycorrhizal dep...

Sheep wool can be a waste products of sheep husbandry. Its safe utilization evokes several serious problems. Therefore, it was of interest to check out the usefulness of wool as a fertilizer and/or substrate. The aim of the experiments reported in this paper was to evaluate the effect of the washed sheep wool used as an amendment to peat-based growing substrate on growth and yield of tomato, sw...

Based on the analysis of botanical composition organic-mineral soil layer and peat, dendrochronological radiocarbon datings, we performed reconstruction development six pine wooded sphagnum bogs located in boreal zone Russia. Most under study followed endogenesis patterns with vegetation cover gradually changing, peat growing, substrate trophicity declining shrub-sphagnous forming modern condit...