Use of paper-mill wastes on agricultural soils: Is this a way to reduce nitrate leaching?

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 53, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 56-63

  Kirchmann, Holger ^a   Bergström, Lars ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

De inked fiber; Fiber sludge; N immobilization; Primary fiber; Secondary fiber

Indexed keywords

EID: 22344453756     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710310003925     Document Type: Article

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