Management of lignite fly ash for improving soil fertility and crop productivity

Environmental Management

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 438-452

  Ram, Lal C ^a   Srivastava, Nishant K ^a   Jha, Sangeet K ^a   Sinha, Awadhesh K ^a   Masto, Reginald E ^a   Selvi, Vetrivel A ^a  

^a CSIR CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF MINING AND FUEL RESEARCH   (India)

Author keywords

Groundnut; Heavy metals; Lignite fly ash; Maize; Press mud; Productivity; Radioactivity; Sun hemp

Indexed keywords

CROP PRODUCTIVITY; HUMIC ACIDS; LIGNITE FLY ASH; SOIL FERTILITY;

CROPS; CULTIVATION; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; LIGNITE; NUTRIENTS; PRODUCTIVITY; RADIOACTIVITY; SOILS; SUGAR (SUCROSE);

FLY ASH;

CALCIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; HEAVY METAL; HUMIC ACID; LIGNITE; TRACE METAL;

CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FLY ASH; GROUNDNUT; HEAVY METAL; HUMIC ACID; LIGNITE; MAIZE; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

ARTICLE; CROP PRODUCTION; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; FLY ASH; GAMMA RADIATION; MAIZE; ORGANIC WASTE; PEANUT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; PLANT YIELD; RADIOACTIVITY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; SUGAR INDUSTRY;

AGRICULTURE; CARBON; CROPS, AGRICULTURAL; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; PARTICULATE MATTER; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; ZEA MAYS;

CANNABIS SATIVA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 34548089234     PISSN: 0364152X     EISSN: 14321009     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00267-006-0126-9     Document Type: Article

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