Plant uptake of phosphorus and nitrogen recycled from synthetic source-separated urine

Ambio

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 217-227

  Bonvin, Christophe ^a   Etter, Bastian ^b   Udert, Kai M ^b   Frossard, Emmanuel ^a   Nanzer, Simone ^c   Tamburini, Federica ^a   Oberson, Astrid ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b SWISS FEDERAL INSTITUTE OF AQUATIC SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^c PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

33P and 15N labeling; Human urine; Nitrified urine fertilizer; Nutrient use efficiency; Phosphorus; Struvite

Indexed keywords

ACID SOIL; GRASS; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; NUTRIENT UPTAKE; NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY; PHOSPHORUS; PLANT COMMUNITY; STRUVITE; SUBSTRATE; URINE;

LOLIUM; LOLIUM MULTIFLORUM;

NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS;

CHEMISTRY; HUMAN; LOLIUM; METABOLISM; URINE;

HUMANS; LOLIUM; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; URINE;

EID: 84922830212     PISSN: 00447447     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13280-014-0616-6     Document Type: Article

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