Effect of wood ash application on soil solution chemistry of tropical acid soils: Incubation study

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 323-325

  Voundi Nkana, J C ^a,b   Demeyer, A ^c   Verloo, M G ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

^b INSTITUTE OF AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH FOR DEVELOPMENT IRAD   (Cameroon)

^c GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Cameroon; Lime; Soil solution; Tropical acid soils; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPOSITION; GROUNDWATER; PH EFFECTS; POSITIVE IONS; SURFACE WATERS; WOOD;

LIGAND EXCHANGE;

SOILS;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CARBON; GROUND WATER; HYDROXIDE; LIGAND; MAGNESIUM; NITRATE; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; SURFACE WATER;

ACID SOIL; CALCIUM CARBONATE; LIMING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; WOOD ASH;

ARTICLE; EXTRACT; INCUBATION TIME; NUTRIENT; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PH; PLANT NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RISK; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOLUTE; WOOD ASH;

CALCIUM; CALCIUM CARBONATE; CAMEROON; FERTILIZERS; INCUBATORS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MAGNESIUM; POTASSIUM; PROTONS; REFERENCE VALUES; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SULFATES; TROPICAL CLIMATE; WOOD;

FRAXINUS;

EID: 0036978025     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(02)00140-2     Document Type: Article

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