Gaseous nitrogen losses following soil amendment with Biosolids under controlled conditions

Journal of Residuals Science and Technology

Volumn 7, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 209-217

  Pu, Guixin ^a   Barry, Glenn ^a   Bell, Mike ^b  

^a DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENT AND RESOURCE MANAGEMENT   (Australia)

^b DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADDITION OF POLYMER; AMMONIA VOLATILIZATION; AUSTRALIA; CONTROLLED CONDITIONS; DENITRIFICATION PROCESS; FIELD CAPACITY; GASEOUS NITROGEN; IRRIGATED COTTON; MOIST CONDITIONS; SOIL AMENDMENT; VERTOSOL;

AMMONIA; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; DENITRIFICATION; EXPERIMENTS; SOILS;

BIOSOLIDS;

AMMONIA; BIOSOLID; COTTON; DENITRIFICATION; MAIZE; NITROGEN; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; SOIL AMENDMENT; SUBTROPICAL REGION; VERTISOL; VOLATILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 78449306065     PISSN: 15448053     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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