Effect of municipal solid waste compost and sewage sludge on enzymatic activities and wheat yield in a clayey-loamy soil

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 15-21

  Lakhdar, Abdelbasset ^a,b   Scelza, Rosalia ^c   Ben Achiba, Walid ^b   Scotti, Riccardo ^c   Rao, Maria A ^c   Jedidi, Naceur ^b   Abdelly, Chedly ^a   Gianfreda, Liliana ^c  

^a CENTRE DE BIOTECHNOLOGIE DE BORJ CÉDRIA   (Tunisia)

^b University of Carthage   (Tunisia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

Author keywords

heavy metals; MSW compost; sewage sludge; Soil enzymes activities; wheat growth

Indexed keywords

CLAY LOAM; COMPOST; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; SEWAGE; SOIL FERTILITY; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; WHEAT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM; TRITICUM TURGIDUM SUBSP. DURUM;

EID: 78651363172     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e3182028d8a     Document Type: Article

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