Response of grain sorghum to fertilisation with human urine

Field Crops Research

Volumn 122, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 234-241

  Germer, Jörn ^a   Addai, Solomon ^b   Sauerborn, Joachim ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HOHENHEIM   (Germany)

^b VALLEY VIEW UNIVERSITY   (Ghana)

Author keywords

Ecological nutrient cycling; Food security; Savannah agriculture; Soil fertility; Waste treatment

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; CROP PRODUCTION; CULTIVATION; FOOD SECURITY; LEAF AREA; LONG-TERM CHANGE; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH; PHOSPHATE; POTASSIUM CHLORIDE; SALINIZATION; SAVANNA; SOIL FERTILITY; SORGHUM; SULFUR; URINE; VOLUME; WASTE TREATMENT;

SORGHUM BICOLOR; SORGHUM BICOLOR BICOLOR;

EID: 79956075500     PISSN: 03784290     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.fcr.2011.03.017     Document Type: Article

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