Reuse of domestic wastewater treated in macrophyte ponds to irrigate tomato and eggplant in semi-arid West-Africa: Benefits and risks

Agricultural Water Management

Volumn 98, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 834-840

  Akponikpè, P B Irénikatché ^a,b   Wima, Koffi ^b   Yacouba, Hamma ^b   Mermoud, André ^c  

^a Université de Parakou   (Benin)

^b Institut International d'Ingénierie de l'Eau et de l'Environnement   (Burkina Faso)

^c EPFL   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Eggplant; Freshwater; Irrigation; Lycopersicum esculentum Mill.; Nutrients supply; Pathogen health risks; Solanum melongena L.; Tomato; Treated wastewater

Indexed keywords

EGGPLANT; FRESHWATER; LYCOPERSICUM ESCULENTUM MILL.; SOLANUM MELONGENA L.; TOMATO; TREATED WASTEWATER;

ARID REGIONS; CROPS; EXPERIMENTS; FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; HEALTH; HEALTH RISKS; IRRIGATION; MINERALS; NUTRIENTS; SILICATE MINERALS; SOIL MOISTURE; VEGETABLES; WASTEWATER; WASTEWATER RECLAMATION; WATER POLLUTION; WATER RESOURCES; WATER SUPPLY;

WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

COLIFORM BACTERIUM; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; DOMESTIC WASTE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEALTH RISK; IRRIGATION; MACROPHYTE; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POND; SEMIARID REGION; WASTEWATER; WATER QUALITY; WATER SUPPLY; WATER TREATMENT;

BURKINA FASO;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM MELONGENA; VERMES;

EID: 79951683188     PISSN: 03783774     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.agwat.2010.12.009     Document Type: Article

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