Moderate Increases in Substrate Packing Density Can Improve Petunia Root Development

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dc.contributor.authorFields, Jeb S.en
dc.contributor.authorCriscione, Kristopher S.en
dc.date.accessioned2025-08-25T11:54:37Zen
dc.date.available2025-08-25T11:54:37Zen
dc.date.issued2025-10en
dc.description.abstractGreenhouse horticulture relies on manual labor for plug transplanting, which is subject to variability in substrate packing density. Little research exists on the effect variable substrate packing density has root morphological development. Petunia hybrid ‘Supertunia Honey’ plugs were grown in peat-based substrates packed at four densities (0.08, 0.10, 0.12, and 0.14 g·cm<sup>−3</sup>). The results indicated that root development was improved with moderately increased substrate density.en
dc.description.versionPublished versionen
dc.format.extentPages 636-638en
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dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.21273/HORTTECH05660-25en
dc.identifier.eissn1943-7714en
dc.identifier.issn1063-0198en
dc.identifier.issue5en
dc.identifier.orcidCriscione, Kristopher [0000-0002-4930-8239]en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10919/137562en
dc.identifier.volume35en
dc.language.isoenen
dc.publisherAmerican Society for Horticultural Scienceen
dc.relation.urihttps://journals.ashs.org/view/journals/horttech/35/5/article-p636.xmlen
dc.rightsCreative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 Internationalen
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/en
dc.subjectbulk densityen
dc.subjectgrowing mediaen
dc.subjectpeaten
dc.subjectsoillessen
dc.subjectsubstrate compactionen
dc.titleModerate Increases in Substrate Packing Density Can Improve Petunia Root Developmenten
dc.title.serialHortTechnologyen
dc.typeArticle - Refereeden
dc.type.dcmitypeTexten
dc.type.otherArticleen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Techen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciencesen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/Hampton Roads ARECen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/All T&R Facultyen
pubs.organisational-groupVirginia Tech/Agriculture & Life Sciences/CALS T&R Facultyen

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