Compost utilization in horticultural cropping systems
- نوع فایل : کتاب
- زبان : انگلیسی
- مؤلف : Peter J Stoffella; Brian A Kahn
- ناشر : Boca Raton, Fla. : Lewis,
- چاپ و سال / کشور: 2001
- شابک / ISBN : 9781566704601
Description
Compost production methods, chemical and biological processes, and quality -- The composting industry in the United States : past, present, and future -- Biological, chemical, and physical processes of composting -- Commercial compost production systems -- Compost quality attributes, measurements, and variability -- Utilization of compost in horticultural cropping systems -- Compost effects on crop growth and yield in commercial vegetable cropping systems -- Compost utilization in ornamental and nursery crop production systems -- Compost utilization in landscapes -- Compost utilization in fruit production systems -- Compost utilization in fruit production systems -- Compost utilization in sod production and turf management -- Composts as horticultural substrates for vegetable transplant production -- Compost economics : production and utilization in agriculture -- Benefits of compost utilization in horticultural cropping systems -- Spectrum and mechanisms of plant disease control with composts -- Weed control in vegetable crops with composted organic mulches -- Nitrogen sources, mineralization rates, and nitrogen nutrition benefits to plants from composts -- Plant nutrition benefits of phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, and micronutrients from compost utilization -- Potential hazards, precautions, and regulations of compost production and utilization -- Heavy metal aspects of compost use -- Human pathogens : hazards, controls, and precautions in compost -- U.S. Environmental Protection Agency regulations governing compost production and use.
