The use of alum sludge to improve cereal production on a nutrient-deficient soil

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 34, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 1359-1368

  Rigby, Hannah ^a,d   Pritchard, Deborah ^a   Collins, David ^a   Walton, Katrina ^b   Penney, Nancy ^c  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b Scientific Environmental Services   (Australia)

^c Water Corporation   (Australia)

^d IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

agriculture; alum sludge; biosolids; land application; phosphorus

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; BIOSOLIDS; CROPS; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; PHOSPHORUS; WASTEWATER TREATMENT;

ALUM SLUDGE; AVAILABLE NITROGEN; CEREAL PRODUCTION; INORGANIC FERTILIZERS; LAND APPLICATIONS; NUTRIENT DEFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS DEFICIENCY; SLUDGE-AMENDED SOILS;

SOILS;

ALUMINUM POTASSIUM SULFATE; FERTILIZER; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

BIOLOGICAL UPTAKE; BIOSOLID; CEREAL; CROP PRODUCTION; CROP YIELD; FERTILIZER APPLICATION; GROWTH RATE; INHIBITION; PHOSPHORUS; SLUDGE; SOIL AMENDMENT; TEMPORAL ANALYSIS; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTEWATER;

ARTICLE; CEREAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; CROP; GRAIN; NUTRIENT; NUTRITION; PLANT TISSUE; SAND; SEASONAL VARIATION; SLUDGE; SOIL; WASTE WATER MANAGEMENT;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84879690963     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593330.2012.747037     Document Type: Article

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