Effect of pit floor material on compost quality in semiarid west Africa

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 70, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1140-1144

  Bissala, YaYa ^a   Payne, William ^b  

^a ICRISAT Niamey   (Nigeria)

^b TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PLANTS (BOTANY); POROSITY; SAND; WATER;

COMPOST; COMPOST TECHNOLOGY; PIT FLOOR MATERIAL; WATER INPUTS;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOSTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); POROSITY; SAND; WATER;

COMPOSTING; MANURE; MILLET; NUTRIENT CYCLING; POROSITY; WATER CONTENT;

AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

PENNISETUM GLAUCUM;

EID: 33745907834     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2005.0265N     Document Type: Article

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