Use of compost supplemented human urine in sweet pepper (Capsicum annuum L.) production

Scientia Horticulturae

Volumn 153, Issue , 2013, Pages 8-12

  Shrestha, Debendra ^a   Srivastava, Arvind ^a   Shakya, Shanta Man ^a   Khadka, Janardan ^b   Acharya, Bharat Sharma ^c  

^a TRIBHUVAN UNIVERSITY   (Nepal)

^b Central Horticulture Center   (Nepal)

^c AARHUS UNIVERSITY   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Compost; Crop production; Human urine; Sweet pepper

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; FRUIT; HORTICULTURE; URINE; WEIGHT;

BAGMATI; KATHMANDU; NEPAL;

EID: 84874563945     PISSN: 03044238     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scienta.2013.01.022     Document Type: Article

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