The Effects of Municipal Solid Waste Compost And Compost Tea on Mineral Element Uptake And Fruit Quality of Strawberries

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 85-94

  Hargreaves, J C ^a   Adl, M S ^a   Warman, P R ^a,b  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Coastal BioAgresearch Ltd ^*  (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; MINERALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PLANTS (BOTANY); SODIUM; SOLID WASTES;

APPLICATION RATES; EXTRACTABLE SOILS; FRUIT QUALITY; MINERAL ELEMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOST; SOIL MINERALS; STRAWBERRY PLANTS; TOTAL ANTIOXIDANT CAPACITY;

COMPOSTING;

COMPOST; FRUIT; FRUIT PRODUCTION; HERB; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; TEA;

FRAGARIA X ANANASSA;

EID: 67651108956     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2009.10702406     Document Type: Article

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