Evaluation of a compost obtained from forestry wastes and solid phase of pig slurry as a substrate for seedlings production

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 17, 2007, Pages 3294-3297

  Ribeiro, H M ^a   Romero, A M ^a   Pereira, H ^b   Borges, P ^c   Cabral, F ^a   Vasconcelos, E ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

^b Tomaterra Estrada de Santarém 2040 335 Rio Maior ^*  (Portugal)

^c Instituto da Conservacao da Natureza   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Compost; Forestry wastes; Growing media; Pig slurry; Substrate

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH EFFECTS; POTASSIUM; SLURRIES;

FORESTRY WASTES; GERMINATION; GROWING MEDIA; VEGETABLE SEEDLINGS;

SOLID WASTES;

CALCIUM; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; NITROGEN; POTASSIUM;

COMPOSTING; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; PH EFFECTS; POTASSIUM; SLURRIES; SOLID WASTES;

COMPOST; FRUIT; LEAFY VEGETABLE; PH; POTASSIUM; SEEDLING; SLURRY; SUBSTRATE; WASTE;

ARTICLE; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FORESTRY; GERMINATION; LETTUCE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PH MEASUREMENT; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT TISSUE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEEDLING; SOLID; SWINE; TOMATO; VEGETABLE BREEDING;

ANIMALS; FORESTRY; LETTUCE; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEEDLING; SOIL; SWINE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID;

LACTUCA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SUIDAE;

EID: 34548166823     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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