Agricultural use of digestate for horticultural crop production and improvement of soil properties

European Journal of Agronomy

Volumn 43, Issue , 2012, Pages 119-128

  Alburquerque, J A ^a   de la Fuente, C ^a   Campoy, M ^a   Carrasco, L ^a   Najera I ^b   Baixauli, C ^b   Caravaca, F ^a   Roldan A ^a   Cegarra, J ^a   Bernal, M P ^a  

^a RESEARCH GROUP ON QUALITY   (Spain)

^b Fundación Ruralcaja Grupo CRM   (Spain)

Author keywords

Cauliflower; Crop production; Digestate; Fertiliser; Soil quality; Watermelon

Indexed keywords

AGRONOMY; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIOMASS; CROP PRODUCTION; DIGESTIBILITY; ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUIT; GROWING SEASON; GROWTH RATE; HORTICULTURE; LIMITING FACTOR; LOW TEMPERATURE; MANURE; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; NITROGEN; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; PHOSPHORUS; SOIL IMPROVEMENT; SOIL QUALITY;

BOS; BRASSICA OLERACEA VAR. BOTRYTIS; CITRULLUS LANATUS VAR. LANATUS;

EID: 84862993659     PISSN: 11610301     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eja.2012.06.001     Document Type: Article

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