Rates of decomposition in soil and release of available nitrogen from cattle manure and municipal waste composts

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 48-54

  Hadas, Aviva ^a   Portnoy, Rita ^a  

^a VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BOS TAURUS;

CARBON; COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION KINETICS; MATHEMATICAL MODEL; NITROGEN; SOIL;

COMPOST; DECOMPOSITION RATE; FYM; MICROORGANISM; MINERALIZATION; MUNICIPAL WASTE;

EID: 0031397790     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1997.10701885     Document Type: Article

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