Predicting plant available nitrogen in land-applied biosolids

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 1122-1126

  Gilmour, John T ^a   Skinner, Vaughn ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DECAY (ORGANIC); METALS; NITROGEN; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); REACTION KINETICS; SOILS;

BIOSOLIDS; PATHOGENS;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

AMMONIA; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; SUDAN I;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER MODEL; DATA ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL EXPOSURE; MINERALIZATION; PLANT; PREDICTION; SLUDGE; SORGHUM; WEATHER;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM X DRUMMONDII;

EID: 0032791511     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq1999.00472425002800040010x     Document Type: Article

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