Biosolids application to soybeans and effects on input and output of nitrogen

Agriculture, Ecosystems and Environment

Volumn 97, Issue 1-3, 2003, Pages 345-351

  Currie, V C ^a   Angle, J S ^a   Hill, R L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

Denitrification; Mineralization; N fixation; Sewage sludge

Indexed keywords

CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROUNDWATER; NITROGEN FIXATION; SOYBEAN; WATER QUALITY;

MARYLAND; UNITED STATES;

GLYCINE MAX; UNIDENTIFIED AGENTS;

EID: 0037632407     PISSN: 01678809     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0167-8809(03)00134-8     Document Type: Article

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