Peat in Horticulture - Its Use and Sustainability Amsterdam 1997

Peat in Horticulture - Its Use and Sustainability

Amsterdam 1997

Editor: Gerald Schmilewski

194 pages

ISBN 951-97744-0-8

Contents:

List of Authors

Foreword Jens-Dieter Becker-Platen

Developments in Horticulture and Peat Production

Prospects for horticulture in the 21st century, J. Janick

The global peat resource and its use in horticulture, G. Hood

Demands and problems of growing media

The requirements of growing media, W.R. Carlile

Weeds in peat - a dangerous problem, R. Keijzer and W.L. van Schie

Botanical, physical and chemical properties of peat products

Sphagnum classification and the influence of the different Sphagnum species on horticultural peat properties, H. Uosukainen and P. Lötjönen

Microbial ethylene removal in peat-based growing media and its relevance for horticultural practice, L. Elsgaard and L. Andersen

The use of physical determinations in horticultural science, N.C. Bragg

Physical characteristics of peat and the growth of pot plants, H.C. Scharpf

Particle size distribution to qualify milled peat; a prediction of air content of ultimate mixtures, J.B.G.M. Verhagen

Use of compressed peat in horticulture, M.A. Zevenhoven and J.B.G.M. Verhagen

Effects of production, processing and handling of peat products

Mechanical breakdown of peat as a result of handling and transport, M. Prasad

Production experiments with frozen peat in Finnish winter conditions, T. Nyrönen and V. Leiviskä

Effects of wetting agents on the wettability of air-dried Sphagnum peats, J.C. Michel, L.M. Riviere, M.n. Bellon-Fontaine and C. Aillerie

The influence of self-heating on horticultural aspects of peat, G. Wever and J.A. Kipp

Biological aspects of peat

Trouble creating fungi in peat of horticultural use, G.B. Schlechte

Microbes of peat and their use in plant disease control, R. Tahvonen

Biological control of soilborne plant diseases by incorporation of antagonistic micro-organisms in Sphagnum peat moss, D.F. Jensen

The sustainability of peat in horticulture

Peat, the ultimate material for horticultural use? O. Reinikainen

The peat conservation issue and the need for alternatives, M. Lennartsson

Peat consumption in relation to sustainability of peat resources in the USA, T.J. Malterer and K.W. Johnson

Peat bogs - their life after peat extraction, B.D. Wheeler

Developments within the substrate branch, T.J. van Wijk

Posters

RAL quality controls for growing media joined in one organisation, R. Rexilius

Quality control of substrates, W. van Schie

Physical properties of milled peat and sod peat in relation to moisture and structure, H. Limbers and J. Rehme

Exchange of Fe from chelate in the fertilizer against Cu, Mn and Zn in peaty substrates, C. de Kreij

Botanical, chemical and physical properties of peat and peatlands of European Russia, cultivated for purposes of agri- and horticulture, V.N. Kreshtapova

Shrinkage characteristics of Dutch peat soils, J.J.H. van den Akker and R.F.A. Hendriks

Effect of temperature on the decomposition of organic matter in Dutch peat soil, R.F.A. Hendriks and J. Vermeulen

Peat and sapropel soils reclamators, A.M. Abramets

Granulated peat fertilizer with increased elements - water stability of mineral nutrients, T.P. Alexeeva and V.D. Perfilieva

Peat-containing vermicompost is the ecologically pure hot-house soil, N.N. Tereschenko

Effects of water availability on growth, water relations, physiological processes and yield of tomatoes grown in coconut coir (CD) : peat mix, M.R. Ismail, M.K. Yusuf and H. Mohamed

Continuous quantity measurement of bulk deliveries of peat, growing media and constituents using the volumeter, A. Zubrägel

How horticultural plant production can benefit from VA Mycorrhizae-treated growing media, R. Meyer

TRI 002 and TRI 003 - new biological plant growth stimulant, K. van Heemert and H. Veenstra