Sewage sludge compost fertilizer effect on maize yield and soil heavy metal concentration

Revista Internacional de Contaminacion Ambiental

Volumn 18, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 147-150

  Delgado Arroyo, Ma Del Mar ^a   Porcel Cots, Miguel Ángel ^a   Miralles De Imperial Hornedo, Rosario ^a   Beltrán Rodríguez, Eulalia Ma ^a   Beringola Beringola, Luisa ^a   Martín Sánchez, José Valero ^a  

^a INIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Fertilization; Heavy metals; Maize; Production; Reusing; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEAVY METAL; MAIZE; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL POLLUTION;

ZEA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 0036663838     PISSN: 01884999     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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