Fly ash as a soil ameliorant for improving crop production - A review

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 1136-1147

  Jala, Sudha ^a   Goyal, Dinesh ^a  

^a THAPAR UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Fly ash; Plant productivity; Soil amendment

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SOLID WASTES;

AGRONOMIC ADVANTAGE; PLANT PRODUCTIVITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS;

FLY ASH;

GROUND WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

BIOMASS; COMBUSTION; COMPOSITION; CULTIVATION; FLY ASH; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; SOLID WASTES;

CROP PRODUCTION; FLY ASH; SOIL AMENDMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURE; AGRONOMIC TRAIT; AGRONOMY; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; CROP PRODUCTION; FLY ASH; FORESTRY; MACRONUTRIENT; POLLUTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL TREATMENT; SOLID WASTE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

CULTIVATION; FLY ASH; GROUND WATER; SOLID WASTES;

EID: 33645032724     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2004.09.004     Document Type: Review

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