Effects of Olive Mill Wastewater on Soil Microarthropods and Soil Chemistry in Two Different Cultivation Scenarios in Israel and Palestinian Territories

Agriculture (Switzerland)

Volumn 5, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 857-878

  Kurtz, Markus Peter ^a   Peikert, Benjamin ^a   Brühl, Carsten ^a   Dag, Arnon ^b   Zipori, Isaac ^b   Shoqeir, Jawad Hasan ^c   Schaumann, Gabriele Ellen ^a  

^a University of Koblenz Landau   (Germany)

^b VOLCANI CENTER   (Israel)

^c AL QUDS UNIVERSITY   (Palestine)

Author keywords

Collembola; Field study; Hydrophobicity; Olive mill waste water; Oribatida

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006702383     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20770472     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/agriculture5030857     Document Type: Article

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