Short-term effects of organic municipal wastes on wheat yield, microbial biomass, microbial activity, and chemical properties of soil

Biology and Fertility of Soils

Volumn 48, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 205-216

  Franco Otero, Víctor G ^a   Soler Rovira, Pedro ^a   Hernández, Diana ^a   López de Sá, Esther G ^a   Plaza, César ^a  

^a INSTITUTO DE CIENCIAS AGRARIAS   (Spain)

Author keywords

Composting; Heat drying; Municipal solid waste; Sewage sludge; Soil microbial size and activity; Thermal drying

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CROP YIELD; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; HEATING; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRINCIPAL COMPONENT ANALYSIS; SEMIARID REGION; SEWAGE; SLUDGE; SOIL ECOSYSTEM; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL RESPIRATION; WATER AVAILABILITY; WHEAT; YIELD RESPONSE;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84856093573     PISSN: 01782762     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00374-011-0620-y     Document Type: Article

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