Evaluation of primary and secondary treated and disinfected wastewater irrigation of tomato and cucumber plants under greenhouse conditions, regarding growth and safety considerations

Water Environment Research

Volumn 78, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 797-804

  Manios, T ^a,b   Papagrigoriou, I ^a   Daskalakis, G ^a   Sabathianakis, I ^a   Terzakis, S ^c   Maniadakis, K ^a   Markakis, G ^a  

^a School of Agricultural Technology   (Greece)

^b TECHNOLOGICAL EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Coliforms; Cucumber; Enterococci; Irrigation; Reuse; Safety; Tomato; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

CROPS; DISINFECTION; IRRIGATION; WASTEWATER;

COLIFORMS; CUCUMBER; ENTEROCOCCI; GREENHOUSE CULTIVATIONS;

WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CHLORIDE; CHLORINE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; TAP WATER;

CROPS; DISINFECTION; IRRIGATION; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION;

CHLORINATION; FRUIT; GROWTH RATE; IRRIGATION; RECYCLING; WASTEWATER; WATER TREATMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ARTICLE; BACTERIUM DETECTION; COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CUCUMBER; DISINFECTION; DRY WEIGHT; ENTEROCOCCUS; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE; HARVEST; IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); MONITORING; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PHYTOTOXICITY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT HEIGHT; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PLANT STEM; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SAFETY; SEEDLING; TOMATO; VEGETABLE; WASTE WATER; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

FARM CROPS; IRRIGATION; STERILIZATION; TOMATOES; WASTE WATERS;

CUCUMIS SATIVUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 33749592211     PISSN: 10614303     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2175/106143006X99830     Document Type: Article

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