Beneficial use of wood ash as an agricultural soil amendment: Case studies from the united states forest products industry

Land Application of Agricultural, Industrial, and Municipal By-Products

Volumn , Issue , 2018, Pages 567-582

  Vance, Eric D ^a   Mitchell, Charles C ^b  

^a NATIONAL COUNCIL FOR AIR AND STREAM IMPROVEMENT   (United States)

^b AUBURN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Agricultural soil amendment; Alabama Cooperative Extension Projects; Ash application programs; Boiler wood ash composition; Soil properties; Tree growth; United States forest products industry

Indexed keywords

EID: 85102903707     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.2136/sssabookser6.c20     Document Type: Chapter

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