Soilless cultivation for high-quality vegetables with biogas manure in China: Feasibility and benefit analysis

Renewable Agriculture and Food Systems

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 300-307

  Liu, Wen Ke ^a   Yang, Qi Chang ^a   Du, Lianfeng ^b  

^a AGRO ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION INSTITUTE   (China)

^b Beijing Municipal Academy of Agriculture and Forestry Sciences   (China)

Author keywords

Biogas manure; Feasibility; High quality vegetables; Nitrate; Quality

Indexed keywords

BIOGAS; CROP PERFORMANCE; CULTIVATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FERMENTATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; MANURE; NITRATE; VEGETABLE;

CHINA;

EID: 74049139098     PISSN: 17421705     EISSN: 17421713     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1742170509990081     Document Type: Review

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