Revegetation of lagoon ash using the legume species Acacia auriculiformis and Leucaena leucocephala

Environmental Pollution

Volumn 109, Issue 1, 2000, Pages 75-82

  Cheung, K C ^a   Wong, J P K ^a   Zhang, Z Q ^b   Wong, J W C ^a   Wong, M H ^a  

^a HONG KONG BAPTIST UNIVERSITY   (Hong Kong)

^b SUN YAT SEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Acacia auriculiformis; Lagoon; Legume; Leucaena leucephala; Revegetation

Indexed keywords

HEAVY METAL; VERMICULITE;

FLY ASH; INOCULATION; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; RESTORATION ECOLOGY; REVEGETATION;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; ASH; BACTERIUM; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; LEGUME; NITROGEN FIXATION; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT SEED; RHIZOBIUM; SLUDGE; SOIL; VEGETATION;

ACACIA AURICULIFORMIS; LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA;

EID: 0034097476     PISSN: 02697491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0269-7491(99)00235-3     Document Type: Article

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