Calcium sulfate or coal combustion by-product spread on the soil surface to reduce evaporation, mitigate subsoil acidity and improve plant growth

Plant and Soil

Volumn 182, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 209-219

  Ritchey, K D ^a   Korcak, R F ^b   Feldhake, C M ^a   Baligar, V C ^a   Clark, R B ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

aluminium toxicity; evaporation retardation; fly ash; gypsum; soil acidity; Sorghum bicolor

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM; CALCIUM SULPHATE; EVPORATION; FLY ASH; GYPSUM; SOIL ACIDITY; TOXICITY;

EID: 0030404447     PISSN: 0032079X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF00029052     Document Type: Article

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