Effect of meatworks effluent irrigation on soil, tree biomass production and nutrient uptake in Eucalyptus globulus seedlings in growth cabinets

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 72, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 243-251

  Guo, L B ^a   Sims, R E H ^a  

^a MASSEY UNIVERSITY   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Biomass production; Eucalypt; Growth cabinet; Meatworks effluent; Nutrient uptake; Seedlings

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; WATER;

BIOMASS; ECOLOGICAL IMPACT; EFFLUENT; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; SOIL PROPERTY; TREE;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CONTROLLED STUDY; EFFLUENT; EUCALYPTUS; FOREST; MEAT INDUSTRY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; SOIL TREATMENT; TREE;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

AGRICULTURAL ENGINEERING; BIOMASS; EFFLUENTS; FORESTRY; PH; SOILS;

BLUE GUM; EFFLUENT IRRIGATION; GROWTH CABINETS; TREE BIOMASS PRODUCTION;

IRRIGATION;

EID: 0033622947     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00115-7     Document Type: Article

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