Assessing biogas digestate, pot ale, wood ash and rockdust as soil amendments: effects on soil chemistry and microbial community composition

Acta Agriculturae Scandinavica Section B: Soil and Plant Science

Volumn 65, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 383-399

  Ramezanian, Atefeh ^a   Dahlin, A Sigrun ^a   Campbell, Colin D ^a,b   Hillier, Stephen ^a,b   Öborn, Ingrid ^a,c  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

^b SCOTTISH CROP RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

^c WORLD AGROFORESTRY CENTRE ICRAF   (Kenya)

Author keywords

macro elements; MicroResp; nutrient deficiency; substrate induced respiration; T RFLP; trace elements

Indexed keywords

EID: 84926421603     PISSN: 09064710     EISSN: 16511913     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09064710.2015.1014831     Document Type: Article

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