Assessment of wool waste and hair waste as soil amendment and nutrient source

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 34, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 2310-2317

  Zheljazkov, Valtcho D ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CROPS; ENERGY DISPERSIVE SPECTROSCOPY; METABOLITES; PLANTS (BOTANY); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL CONDITIONERS; WOOL;

HAIR WASTE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; NUTRIENT SOURCES; WOOL WASTE;

SOILS;

ALKALOID; AMMONIA; ESSENTIAL OIL; GROUND WATER; NITRATE; NITROGEN; PEPPERMINT; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFUR;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BASIL; CROP; DECOMPOSITION; ENERGY DISPERSIVE X RAY ANALYSIS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; EVALUATION; FUNGAL COLONIZATION; GREENHOUSE; HAIR; HARVEST; LEACHING; METABOLITE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MYCORRHIZA; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PLANT ROOT; PLANT TISSUE; PROTEIN CONTENT; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOIL AMENDMENT; WOOL; X RAY ANALYSIS;

AGRICULTURE; ANIMALS; DATURA; DENSITOMETRY, X-RAY; HAIR; HUMANS; MENTHA PIPERITA; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; NITRATES; NITROGEN; NOVA SCOTIA; OCIMUM BASILICUM; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SALVIA OFFICINALIS; SHEEP; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; WASTE PRODUCTS; WOOL;

FARM CROPS; HAIR; METABOLISM; PLANTS; SOIL; SOIL CONDITIONERS; WOOL;

DATURA INNOXIA; DATURA STRAMONIUM; MALUS X DOMESTICA; MENTHA; MENTHA X PIPERITA; MYCORRHIZAE; OCIMUM BASILICUM; SALVIA OFFICINALIS;

EID: 28044468191     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2004.0332     Document Type: Article

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