Effects of municipal solid waste compost application on the microbial biomass of cultivated and non-cultivated soil in a semi-arid zone

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 334-342

  Bouzaiane, Olfa ^a   Cherif, Hanene ^a   Saidi, Neila ^a   Jedidi, Naceur ^a   Hassen, Abdennaceur ^a  

^a Institut National de Recherche Scientifique et Technique Tunis   (Tunisia)

Author keywords

Compost; Microbial biomass C; Microbial biomass N; Municipal solid waste; Soil; Wmr 1067 9

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; SOILS; SOLID WASTES;

FARMYARD MANURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEMI-ARID ZONE;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; RAIN;

BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; MANURES; SOILS; SOLID WASTES;

BIOMASS; CARBON; CLAY SOIL; COMPOST; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN; SEMIARID REGION;

ARTICLE; CLAY; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CULTIVATED LAND; ENVIRONMENTAL CHANGE; EXTRACTION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; INFECTION CONTROL; MANURE; MICROBIAL BIOMASS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEASONAL VARIATION; SEMIARID CLIMATE; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; WHEAT;

AGRICULTURE; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; TRITICUM;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 34547900292     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X07078287     Document Type: Article

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