Yield responses of wheat (triticum aestivum) to vermicompost applications

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 6-15

  Roberts, Paula ^a   Edwards Jones, Gareth ^a   Jones, David L ^a  

^a BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); PHOTOSYNTHESIS; PLANTS (BOTANY);

EARTHWORM DIGESTED WASTES (VERMICOMPOST); PLANT RESPONSE;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST; CROPPING PRACTICE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RESPONSE; ONTOGENY; SOIL QUALITY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 33947280022     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2007.10702304     Document Type: Article

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