Growth of rudbeckia and leaching of nitrates in potting media amended with composted coffee processing residue, municipal solid waste and sewage sludge

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 1994, Pages 72-79

  Bugbee, Gregory J ^a  

^a Northeast Regional Center for Excellence in Vector Borne Diseases   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; NITRATES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; WOOD WASTES;

COFFEE PROCESSING RESIDUE; LEAVES; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; POTTING MEDIA; RUDBECKIA HIRTA; WOOD ASH; WOOD CHIPS;

REFUSE COMPOSTING;

EID: 0028452812     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1994.10757920     Document Type: Article

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