Nitrogen and phosphorus release from on-farm and industrial composts

Canadian Journal of Soil Science

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 1999, Pages 481-489

  Gagnon, Bernard ^a   Simard, Régis R ^a  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Composting; Farm manure management; N and P mineralization

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL ANALYSIS;

EQUUS CABALLUS; OVIS ARIES;

EID: 0032757884     PISSN: 00084271     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4141/S98-078     Document Type: Article

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