Effects of an uncomposted municipal waste processing by-product on prairie grass establishment

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 98, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 1073-1080

  Busby, Ryan R ^a   Gebhart, Dick L ^a   Torbert, H Allen ^b  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; INORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS (BOTANY); SOILS; VEGETATION;

GARBAGE PROCESSING TECHNOLOGY; PRAIRIE GRASS; SWITCHGRASS; WASTE PROCESSING;

WASTE TREATMENT;

BIOMASS; EFFLUENT TREATMENT; INORGANIC ACIDS; PLANTS; SOIL;

ANDROPOGON; ANDROPOGON GERARDII; PANICUM VIRGATUM; POACEAE; SORGHASTRUM; SORGHASTRUM NUTANS;

EID: 33746555572     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2006.0003     Document Type: Article

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