Nitrogen release from air-dried biosolids for fertilizer value

Soil Use and Management

Volumn 27, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 294-304

  Rouch, D A ^a   Fleming, V A ^a   Pai, S ^a   Deighton, M ^a   Blackbeard, J ^b   Smith, S R ^c  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MELBOURNE WATER CORPORATION   (Australia)

^c IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fertilizer application; Mineral N; N mineralization; Phosphate; Soil moisture; Tenosol

Indexed keywords

AGE; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOSOLID; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DENITRIFICATION; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; LABORATORY METHOD; MINERAL; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; NITROGEN COMPOUND; SATURATION; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL TYPE; STABILIZATION;

AUSTRALIA;

EID: 80052028297     PISSN: 02660032     EISSN: 14752743     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-2743.2011.00338.x     Document Type: Article

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