Changes in Physical and Chemical Properties of Coir Used as the Bag Culture Substrate of Greenhouse Tomatoes for Three Years |
Song, Seung-Geun
(Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University)
Lee, Kyo-seok (Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University) Lee, Dong-Sung (Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University) Rhie, Ja-Hyun (Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University) Hong, Byeong-Deok (Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University) Bae, Hui-Su (National Institute of Crop Science, RDA) Seo, Il-Hwan (Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University) Chung, Doug-Young (Department of Bio-Environmental Chemistry, Chungnam National University) |
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