Effects of multiple soil conditioners on a mine site acid sulfate soil for vetiver growth

Pedosphere

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 371-378

  Lin, Chu Xia ^a   Long, Xin Xian ^a   Xu, Song Jun ^b   Chu, Cheng Xing ^a   Mai, Shao Zhi ^b   Jiang, Dian ^a  

^a SOUTH CHINA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b SOUTH CHINA NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Heavy metals; Mine site acid sulfate soils; Soil conditioners; Soil pH; Vetiver grass

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; PH; REMEDIATION;

VETIVERIA; VETIVERIA ZIZANIOIDES;

EID: 3843113267     PISSN: 10020160     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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