Effect of composted olive cake on soil physical properties

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 9-10, 2005, Pages 1199-1212

  Al Widyan, Mohamad I ^a   Al Abed, Nassim ^a   Al Jalil, Hamid ^a  

^a JORDAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Jordan)

Author keywords

Composting; Infiltration; Land application; Olive cake; Soil water retention

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SOIL AMENDMENT;

EID: 20344402081     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/CSS-200056896     Document Type: Article

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