Environmental effects of using cotton burr compost mulch to establish roadside vegetation

Ecological Engineering

Volumn 39, Issue , 2012, Pages 90-94

  Duan, Runbin ^a   Fedler, Clifford B ^a   Pearson, Philip R ^b  

^a Texas Tech University   (United States)

^b NONE   (United States)

Author keywords

Green material; Highway maintenance; Resources conservation and recycling; Soil pollution; Sustainable environment

Indexed keywords

COTTON; HIGHWAY PLANNING; ROADSIDES; SODIUM; SOIL CONSERVATION; SOIL MOISTURE; SOIL POLLUTION; VEGETATION;

ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; GREEN MATERIALS; HIGHWAY MAINTENANCE; LABORATORY ANALYSIS; RESOURCES CONSERVATION AND RECYCLING; SODIUM ADSORPTION RATIO; SOLUBLE SODIUM PERCENTAGES; SUSTAINABLE ENVIRONMENT;

COMPOSTING;

ADSORPTION; COMPOST; CONSERVATION MANAGEMENT; COTTON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; EMERGENCE; ENVIRONMENTAL EFFECT; GRASS; MULCH; PERENNIAL PLANT; PH; RECYCLING; ROADSIDE ENVIRONMENT; SALINITY; SOIL POLLUTION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; TOPSOIL; WATER EROSION; WIND EROSION;

UNITED STATES;

GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM; POACEAE;

EID: 84055178992     PISSN: 09258574     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoleng.2011.11.015     Document Type: Article

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