Mineralization and Crop Uptake of Nitrogen from Textile Manufacturing Wastewater Sludge Cake

Wastewater sewage sludge cake from textile manufacturing was evaluated by soil incubation experiments and a greenhouse experiment for use as a soil amendment to provide crop N. Although the sludge had 96% of N in organic combination, 20% of total sludge N was released to soil as mineral N over 28 da...

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Main Authors: T. P. McGonigle, E. G. Beauchamp, L. J. Evans, C. J. Wells
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Hindawi Limited 2012-01-01
Series:Applied and Environmental Soil Science
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2012/273456