Method for determining the acid ameliorating capacity of plant residue compost, urban waste compost, farmyard manure, and peat applied to tropical soils

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 29, Issue 19-20, 1998, Pages 2927-2937

  Wong, M T F ^a,b   Nortcliff, S ^a   Swift, R S ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF READING   (United Kingdom)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACIDIFICATION; ACIDITY; ALUMINUM; BUFFER; CALCIUM; COMPOST; MAGNESIUM; MANURE; PEAT; PLANT RESIDUE; POTASSIUM; REACTION ANALYSIS; SOIL; TROPICS;

ACIDITY; COMPOST; MANURE; PEAT; SOIL AMENDMENT; TROPICAL SOIL;

CAREX ADELOSTOMA;

EID: 0031729420     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103629809370166     Document Type: Article

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