Irrigation of castor bean (Ricinus communis L.) and Sunflower (Helianthus annus L.) plant species with municipal wastewater effluent: Impacts on soil properties and seed yield

Water (Switzerland)

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 1112-1127

  Chatzakis, Michalis K ^a   Tzanakakis, Vasileios A ^a   Mara, Duncan D ^b   Angelakis, Andreas N ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY OF AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS   (Greece)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Bioenergy crops; Land application; Wastewater reuse

Indexed keywords

BIODIESEL; CROPS; IRRIGATION; SOILS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT; WATER;

BIODIESEL PRODUCTION; C AND N MINERALIZATION; COMMERCIAL FERTILIZERS; DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY; MUNICIPAL WASTEWATERS; SOIL ORGANIC MATTERS; TOTAL KJELDAHL NITROGENS; WASTEWATER EFFLUENTS;

EFFLUENTS;

HELIANTHUS; HELIANTHUS ANNUUS; RICINUS COMMUNIS;

EID: 84870689724     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734441     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/w3041112     Document Type: Article

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