Compost use in agriculture: The fate of heavy metals in soil and fodder crop plants

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 47-54

  Montemurro, F ^a   Charfeddine, M ^b   Maiorana, M ^b   Convertini, G ^b  

^a CRA Research Unit for the Study of Cropping Systems   (Italy)

^b ISTITUTO NAZIONALE DELLA NUTRIZIONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CARBON; COMPOSTING; CROPS; FERTILIZERS; HEAVY METALS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NITROGEN FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC CARBON; SOILS;

BENEFICIAL EFFECTS; HEAVY METALS IN SOIL; LONG-TERM FIELD EXPERIMENTS; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MINERAL FERTILIZERS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); ORGANIC FERTILIZERS; SOIL ORGANIC CARBON;

SOIL POLLUTION;

AGRICULTURAL APPLICATION; ALFALFA; COMPOST; CROP PLANT; DICOTYLEDON; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FODDER; GRASS; HEAVY METAL; MANURE; MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; ORGANIC CARBON; RECYCLING; SOIL CHEMISTRY; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL NITROGEN;

ITALY;

ANIMALIA; DACTYLIS; DACTYLIS GLOMERATA; MEDICAGO SATIVA;

EID: 77951615836     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2010.10736933     Document Type: Article

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