Charcoal ash and volatile matter effects on soil properties and plant growth in an acid ultisol

Soil Science

Volumn 176, Issue 7, 2011, Pages 336-345

  Deenik, Jonathan L ^a   Diarra, Aminata ^b   Uehara, Goro ^a   Campbell, Sonia ^a   Sumiyoshi, Yudai ^a   Antal Jr , Michael Jerry ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

^b USAID Mission   (Mali)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII   (United States)

Author keywords

Charcoal; maize growth; microbial activity; nitrogen availability; soil properties; volatile matter

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; ASH; BIOAVAILABILITY; CARBON SEQUESTRATION; CHARCOAL; DICOTYLEDON; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RATE; GROWTH RESPONSE; IMMOBILIZATION; MAIZE; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NITROGEN; SOIL AMENDMENT; ULTISOL; VOLATILE SUBSTANCE; WASTE;

LEUCAENA LEUCOCEPHALA; PROSOPIS PALLIDA; ZEA MAYS;

EID: 79960458070     PISSN: 0038075X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1097/SS.0b013e31821fbfea     Document Type: Review

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