Effects of repeated application of municipal sewage sludge on soil fertility, cotton yield, and nitrate leaching

Agronomy Journal

Volumn 100, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 477-483

  Samaras, Vasilios ^a   Tsadilas, Christos D ^a   Stamatiadis, Stamatis ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b Goulandris Natural History Museum   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COTTON; FERTILIZERS; LEACHING; MUNICIPAL ENGINEERING; NITRATES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; SOILS;

INORGANIC FERTILIZER; NITRATE LEACHING; SOIL FERTILITY; WATER CONTAMINATION;

SEWAGE SLUDGE;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 44449123485     PISSN: 00021962     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/agronj2007.0162     Document Type: Article

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