Main characteristics of substrates applied in agriculture | Основные характеристики субстратов, применяемых в сельском хозяйстве
2011
Krasinskaya, T.A., National Academy of Sciences. Scientific and Practical Center for Potato, Vegetable and Fruit Growing (Belarus). Institute for Fruit Growing | Kukharchik, N.V., National Academy of Sciences. Scientific and Practical Center for Potato, Vegetable and Fruit Growing (Belarus). Institute for Fruit Growing
In agriculture the substrates must discharge traditional functions (mechanical fixation, plant nutrient) and supply plants with specific needs (at the growing in vitro culture, at the transportation of plants on long distance etc.). The substrates we can divide into 3 groups: organic (high-moor peat, valley peat, transitional peat, peat mixture (which composition depends on its function), sphagnous moss, coir fibre, tree bark, biohumus), mineral (pearlite, agrovermiculite, clinker, haydite, ceolite, sand, dolomitic powder, mineral fibre, TRIONA) and synthetic (ion-exchange substrate BIONA, hydrogels). In this overview basic substrates used in plant growing, their ingredients and characteristics, functions and products (peat tablets, peat pots) are considered in detail in the conditions of the Republic of Belarus.
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