Evaluation of biochar-anaerobic potato digestate mixtures as renewable components of horticultural potting media

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 65, Issue , 2015, Pages 467-471

  Vaughn, Steven F ^a   Eller, Fred J ^a   Evangelista, Roque L ^a   Moser, Bryan R ^a   Lee, Edward ^b   Wagner, Richard E ^c   Peterson, Steven C ^a  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Hydrostraw LLC   (United States)

^c Microbial Energy Systems Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

Anaerobic digestate; Biochar; Container production; Potting medium

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZERS; FRUITS; PEAT; PELLETIZING; STRAW; WASTE INCINERATION; WOOD;

BIO CHARS; CHEMICAL FERTILIZERS; CITRIC ACID SOLUTION; CONTAINER PRODUCTION; DIGESTATE; GREENHOUSE EXPERIMENTS; POTTING MEDIUM; SOLANUM LYCOPERSICUM;

SUBSTRATES;

ACID DIGESTION; ANOXIC CONDITIONS; CHARCOAL; GREENHOUSE ECOSYSTEM; GROWTH RESPONSE; HERB; HORTICULTURE; PEAT SOIL; PERLITE; PH; PLANT RESIDUE; POTATO; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; VERMICULITE;

MIXTURES; PERLITE; RENEWABLE RESOURCES;

BRYOPHYTA; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM; SPHAGNUM; TAGETES ERECTA; THLASPI ARVENSE; TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 84938129826     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2014.10.040     Document Type: Article

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