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| Author(s): | Nektarios, Panayiotis;
Tsiotsiopoulou, Panayiota;
Chronopoulos, Ioannis |
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| Author Affiliation: | Department of Floriculture and Landscape Architecture, Agricultural University of Athens, Athens, Greece |
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| Title: | Comparison of different roof garden substrates and their impact on plant growth |
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| Meeting Info.: | Proceedings of the International Conference on Urban Horticulture, Wädenswil, Switzerland, 2-6 September 2002 |
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| Source: | Acta Horticulturae. Vol. 643, January 2004, p. 311-313. |
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| Publishing Information: | Leuven, Belgium: International Society for Horticultural Science |
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| # of Pages: | 3 |
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| Keywords: | TIC Keywords: Urban landscaping; Roofscapes; Substrates; Soil testing; pH; Field capacity; Bulk density; Shoot growth; Growth rate; Flowering
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| Abstract/Contents: | Four substrates were evaluated as intensive roof garden vegetative layer and their impact on Lantana camara growth was monitored. The four substrates were: a) sandy loam soil (S), b) sandy loam soil amended with urea formaldehyde resin foam (S:F-60: 40 v/v), c) sandy loam soil amended with peat and perlite at (S:P:Per-50:30:20 v/v) and d) peat amended with urea formaldehyde resin foam (P:F at 60:40 v/v). Substrate weight at field capacity was reduced by 17%, 20% and 56% and bulk density by 46%, 43% and 95%, for S:F, S:P:Per and P:F respectively compared to S. The pH increased similarly at the four substrates while EC decreased in S and S:P:Per but increased in S:F and P:F. Shoot growth was better in S and S:F during the first seven months of the study compared to S:P:Per and P:F. However, S:P:Per exhibited an increased growth rate after the first seven months of the study resulting in a final growth rate that was similar to that of S and S:F. P:F could not support sufficient plant growth. S:F promoted earlier and more prolific flowering. |
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| Language: | English |
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| References: | 2 |
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| ASA/CSSA/SSSA Citation (Crop Science-Like - may be incomplete):
Nektarios, P., P. Tsiotsiopoulou, and I. Chronopoulos. 2004. Comparison of different roof garden substrates and their impact on plant growth. Acta Horticulturae. 643:p. 311-313. |
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