In the horticulture industry, the focus has traditionally been on yield. However, consumers’ interest worldwide in the quality of horticultural products has increased in the recent past and will become the driving force ...

Die klassische biologische Schädlingsbekämpfung, bei denen entomophage bzw. phytophage Insektenarten inokulativ eingesetzt werden, wird seit über 100 Jahren praktiziert. Trotz dieser langen Zeitspanne ist relativ wenig ...

Recently the use of the mixture with wood fiber substrates for cultivation of vegetable transplants has received increasing attention. Several experiments were conducted to investigate the effect of water supply on ...

Wood fiber substrates perform well for lettuce seedlings production in speedling trays compared to standard commercially used press pots as well as growing media on peat base. Wood fibers contain a high air volume to allow ...

N-immobilization of wood fiber substrates during production of vegetable transplants was studied in greenhouse and under phytotron conditions. Tomato transplants were grown on white peat, unimpregnated and impregnated ...

Die in den Jahren 1966 und 1967 durchgeführten Untersuchungen der Feinwurzeln von Pinus sylvestris wurden an 4 m langen und 2 m tiefen Bodengruben vorgenommen. Bedingt durch die Bestandesauswahl gelten die hier vorgestellten ...

The effect of a previous heat shock (HS) on growth and development of' different tomato (Lycopersicon escutentuin Mill.) cultivars under defined heat stress (HSt) conditions were investigated. Plants were grown under two ...