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Urban waste compost effects on sandy soil and sorghum plants

W. L. Alves, W. J. Melo, M. E. Ferreira

01/Sep/1999

A greenhouse experiment was carried out to evaluate the effect of urban waste compost on soil fertility and on total and extracted contents (DTPA 0.005 mol L-1 pH 7.3) of the elements Fe, Mn, Zn and Ni in a sandy Red-Yellow Podzolic soil (Ultisol). The yield of dry matter of Sorghum bicolor plants and the content of P, K, Ca, Mg, Fe, Mn, Zn and Ni were evaluated in plant tops as a function of compost rates of 0, 12.5, […]