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Evaluation of Compost Maturity, Hydrophysical and Physicochemical Properties: Indicators for Use as a Component of Growing Media

Manel Kammoun RiganeUniversity of Sfax, Tunisia, Department of Geology, Sfax Faculty of Sciences, Sfax, Tunisia;University of Sfax, Tunisia, RU UR Etudes et Gestions des Environnements Côtiers et Urbains, Sfax, TunisiaCorrespondence[email protected]
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Jean-Charles MichelAgrocampus Ouest, UPSP EPHOR Environnement Physique de la plante HORticole, Angers, France
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Khaled MedhioubUniversity of Sfax, Tunisia, RU UR Etudes et Gestions des Environnements Côtiers et Urbains, Sfax, Tunisia
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Philippe MorelINRA, UMR SAGAH, Beaucouzé, France
Pages 226-234 | Published online: 23 Jul 2013

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