Composts with wood ash addition: A risk or a chance for ameliorating acid tropical soils?

Geoderma

Volumn 153, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 402-407

  Bougnom, B P ^a   Mair, J ^a   Etoa, F X ^b   Insam, H ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF YAOUNDÉ I   (Cameroon)

Author keywords

Aluminium toxicity; Available phosphorus; Compost; Nutrients deficiency; Tropical acid soils; Wood ash

Indexed keywords

ALUMINIUM TOXICITY; AVAILABLE PHOSPHORUS; COMPOST; TROPICAL ACID SOILS; WOOD ASH;

AGRICULTURE; ALUMINUM; BIOMASS; CALCIUM; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY MEASUREMENT; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NITROGEN FIXATION; NUTRIENTS; PH EFFECTS; PHOSPHORUS; SEWAGE; SOILS; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS; WOOD; ZINC;

COMPOSTING;

ACID SOIL; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL REMEDIATION; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENT; TROPICAL SOIL; WOOD ASH;

AGRICULTURE; BIOMASS; COMPOST; CONCENTRATION; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; RESISTIVITY; SOIL; TOXICITY; TRACE ELEMENTS; TROPICS; WOOD;

AFRICA; CAMEROON; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

GLYCINE MAX;

EID: 70349785025     PISSN: 00167061     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.geoderma.2009.09.003     Document Type: Article

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