Coffee waste as an alternative fertilizer with soil improving properties for sandy soils in humid tropical environments

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 94-102

  Kasongo, R K ^a,b   Verdoodt, A ^b   Kanyankagote, P ^a   Baert, G ^b,c   Ranst, E Van ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KINSHASA   (Congo)

^b GHENT UNIVERSITY   (Belgium)

^c UNIVERSITY COLLEGE GHENT   (Belgium)

Author keywords

DR Congo; Industrial waste; Sandy soils; Soil chemical fertility; Water and nutrient retention

Indexed keywords

ARENOSOL; COFFEE; CROP RESIDUE; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HUMID TROPICS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LABORATORY METHOD; LEACHING; ORGANIC CARBON; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SANDY SOIL; SOIL COLUMN; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL PROPERTY; SOIL WATER; TOPSOIL;

ANGOLA; BRAZIL; CONGO;

EID: 79951821729     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2010.00315.x     Document Type: Article

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