Soil fertility, yield and nutrient contents of vegetable crops after 12 years of compost or fertilizer amendments

Biological Agriculture and Horticulture

Volumn 23, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 85-96

  Warman, P R ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; NUTRITIVE VALUE; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; VEGETABLE;

CANADA; NORTH AMERICA; NOVA SCOTIA; TRURO; WESTERN HEMISPHERE; WORLD;

ALLIUM CEPA; ANIMALIA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. GEMMIFERA; CAPSICUM; DAUCUS CAROTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 24344442461     PISSN: 01448765     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/01448765.2005.9755310     Document Type: Article

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