Effect of organic amendments and slow-release nitrogen fertilizer on willow biomass production and soil chemical characteristics

Biomass and Bioenergy

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 389-398

  Adegbidi, Hector G ^a   Briggs, Russell D ^b   Volk, Timothy A ^b   White, Edwin H ^b   Abrahamson, Lawrence P ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE MONCTON   (Canada)

^b STATE UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Biosolids; Composted poultry manure; Lime stabilized sludge; Nutrients; Salix; Yield

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; SEWAGE SLUDGE; SOILS;

POULTRY MANURE;

BIOMASS;

BIOMASS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL CHEMISTRY;

SALIX;

EID: 0041353576     PISSN: 09619534     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0961-9534(03)00038-2     Document Type: Article

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