Assessment of nutrient quality, heavy metals and phytotoxic properties of chicken manure on selected commercial vegetable crops

Due to rapid expansion in the poultry industry, production of poultry manure has also consequently increased, resulting in unplanned disposal of this manure to the soil in some cases, with possible negative environmental consequences. In this study, 10 separate poultry manure samples were collected...

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Main Authors: Balasubramani Ravindran, Hupenyu A. Mupambwa, Sibongiseni Silwana, Pearson N.S. Mnkeni
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2017-12-01
Series:Heliyon
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Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2405844017314019