Composted Sewage Sludge as an Alternative Potting Media for Lettuce Cultivation

Communications in Soil Science and Plant Analysis

Volumn 43, Issue 22, 2012, Pages 2878-2887

  Jayasinghe, G Y ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE RYUKYUS   (Japan)

Author keywords

Compost; heavy metals; sludge

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL PROPERTY; COMPOST; CULTIVATION; DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY; LEAFY VEGETABLE; METAL; PHOSPHORUS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SEWAGE; SLUDGE;

LACTUCA; LACTUCA SATIVA;

EID: 84870447847     PISSN: 00103624     EISSN: 15322416     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00103624.2012.728264     Document Type: Article

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