Composts from distillery wastes as peat substitutes for transplant production

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 52, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 792-799

  Bustamante, M A ^a   Paredes, C ^a   Moral, R ^a   Agullo E ^a   Perez Murcia M D ^a   Abad, M ^b  

^a MIGUEL HERNÁNDEZ UNIVERSITY   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compost; Distillery wastes; Growing media; Seedling production; Sustainable agriculture

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MANURES; NUTRITION; PEAT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTES;

COMPOST; DISTILLERY WASTES; GROWING MEDIA; SEEDLING PRODUCTION;

DISTILLERIES;

CALCIUM; COPPER; IRON; MAGNESIUM; MANGANESE; POTASSIUM; SODIUM; ZINC;

DISTILLERIES; ENVIRONMENTAL MANAGEMENT; HARVESTING; MANURES; NUTRITION; PEAT; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTES;

ALTERNATIVE AGRICULTURE; COMPOST; HORTICULTURE; MANURE; MORPHOLOGY; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEAT; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEEDLING; VEGETABLE;

ARTICLE; BEET; BROCCOLI; CATTLE; COMPOST; CORIANDER; ENZYME SUBSTRATE; GERMINATION; GRAPE; HORTICULTURE; LETTUCE; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PEATLAND; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION ABUNDANCE; POULTRY; VINASSE;

BETA VULGARIS; BETA VULGARIS CICLA; BOS; BRASSICA OLERACEA; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. ITALICA; CORIANDRUM SATIVUM; LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA; VITACEAE;

EID: 38949097049     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2007.11.005     Document Type: Article

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