Chicken Manure Biochar as Liming and Nutrient Source for Acid Appalachian Soil

Journal of Environmental Quality

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1096-1106

  Hass, Amir ^a,b   Gonzalez, Javier M ^b   Lima, Isabel M ^c   Godwin, Harry W ^b   Halvorson, Jonathan J ^b   Boyer, Douglas G ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b APPALACHIAN FARMING SYSTEMS RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^c SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMMONIUM BICARBONATES; APPLICATION RATES; AS-SOILS; BIOCHAR; CHICKEN MANURE; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; DOLOMITIC LIME; ELEVATED LEVEL; FERTILIZER APPLICATIONS; INCUBATION STUDY; LEACHATES; LOW RATES; METAL TOXICITY; NUTRIENT AVAILABILITY; NUTRIENT SOURCES; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; SOIL LEACHATE; SOIL PH; SOIL PRODUCTIVITY; STEAM ACTIVATION; WEATHERED SOILS;

AMMONIUM COMPOUNDS; ANIMALS; LIME; MANURES; NUTRIENTS;

SOILS;

ACID; ALUMINUM; BIOCHAR; CADMIUM; CHARCOAL; NITRATE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PENTETIC ACID; PHOSPHATE; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SULFATE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AGRONOMY; ARTICLE; CLIMATE; CONTROLLED STUDY; LEACHING; MACRONUTRIENT; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; PH; PYROLYSIS; SOIL; TEMPERATURE; UNITED STATES; WATER VAPOR;

ANIMALS; APPALACHIAN REGION; CHARCOAL; CHICKENS; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MANURE; SOIL; TEMPERATURE;

EID: 84864510101     PISSN: 00472425     EISSN: 15372537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2134/jeq2011.0124     Document Type: Article

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