Using mushroom farm and anaerobic digestion wastewaters as supplemental fertilizer sources for growing container nursery stock in a closed system

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 99, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 2050-2060

  Chong, C ^a   Purvis, P ^a   Lumis, G ^a   Holbein, B E ^b   Voroney, R P ^a   Zhou, H ^a   Liu, H W ^b   Alam, M Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GUELPH   (Canada)

^b Super Blue Box Recycling ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

Container culture; Fertigation; Nutrient recirculation; Ornamentals; Wastewater recycling; Woody species

Indexed keywords

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; NUTRIENTS; WASTE UTILIZATION;

CONTAINER CULTURE; FERTIGATION; NUTRIENT RECIRCULATION; ORNAMENTALS; WASTEWATER RECYCLING;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

CHLORIDE; FERTILIZER; SODIUM; SULFATE; TAP WATER; TRACE ELEMENT;

CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); CROPS; NUTRIENTS; WASTE UTILIZATION; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CROP PRODUCTION; FARM; FERTILIZER; MUSHROOM; NUTRITION; SOLID WASTE; WASTEWATER;

ANAEROBIC DIGESTION; ARTICLE; COMMON NINEBARK; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORNUS; CROP; CROP PRODUCTION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MACRONUTRIENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; MUSHROOM; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SPIREA; WASTE WATER;

AGARICALES; AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; ECOLOGICAL SYSTEMS, CLOSED; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FACILITY DESIGN AND CONSTRUCTION; FERTILIZERS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; PLANTS; SEWAGE; WASTE DISPOSAL, FLUID; WATER POLLUTANTS; WATER PURIFICATION; WOOD;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CORNUS SERICEA SERICEA; PHYSOCARPUS OPULIFOLIUS; SPIRAEA;

EID: 37649006827     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2007.02.047     Document Type: Article

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