Container substrate temperatures affect mineralization of composts

HortScience

Volumn 35, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 16-18

  Kraus, Helen T ^a   Mikkelsen, Robert L ^b   Warren, Stuart L ^b  

^a Virginia Cooperative Extension   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Meleagris gallopavo; Municipal waste; N transformations; Turkey litter; Yard waste

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; CONTAINER; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN FERTILIZER; ORGANIC NITROGEN; SUBSTRATE; TEMPERATURE;

AVES; GALLOPAVO; MELEAGRIS GALLOPAVO;

EID: 0033982709     PISSN: 00185345     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/hortsci.35.1.16     Document Type: Article

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