Long-term impacts of pasture irrigation with treated sewage effluent on nutrient status of a sandy soil in Zimbabwe

Nutrient Cycling in Agroecosystems

Volumn 82, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 197-207

  Gwenzi, W ^a,b   Munondo, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZIMBABWE   (Zimbabwe)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA   (Australia)

Author keywords

Effluent irrigation; Nutrients; Pasture; Wastewater

Indexed keywords

ACCUMULATION; EFFLUENT; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; IRRIGATION; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PASTURE; RECYCLING; SANDY SOIL; SEWAGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL QUALITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTEWATER;

AFRICA; SOUTHERN AFRICA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; ZIMBABWE;

EID: 53249145765     PISSN: 13851314     EISSN: 15730867     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10705-008-9181-3     Document Type: Article

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