Effects of olive mill wastewater application on soil properties and plants growth

A Mekki, A Dhouib, S Sayadi - … Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in …, 2013 - Springer
Comparative effects of untreated olive mill wastewater (UOMW), treated olive mill
wastewater (TOMW) and bioaugmented olive mill wastewater (BOMW) on soil properties, on …

Harmonising conflicts between science, regulation, perception and environmental impact: The case of soil conditioners from bioenergy

MJ Riding, BMJ Herbert, L Ricketts, I Dodd… - Environment …, 2015 - Elsevier
As the global population is expected to reach 9 billion by 2050, humanity needs to balance
an ever increasing demand for food, energy and natural resources, with sustainable …

Agricultural use of digestate for horticultural crop production and improvement of soil properties

JA Alburquerque, C De la Fuente, M Campoy… - European Journal of …, 2012 - Elsevier
The usefulness of a digestate from an anaerobic codigestion process as a fertiliser product
was evaluated in a field experiment using two horticultural crops (watermelon and …

Application of fresh and composted organic wastes modifies structure, size and activity of soil microbial community under semiarid climate

F Bastida, E Kandeler, JL Moreno, M Ros, C García… - Applied Soil …, 2008 - Elsevier
Although the application of organic amendments is considered a suitable tool for improving
soil fertility, few studies have been conducted in semiarid climates to evaluate the joint effect …

Measurements of the soil microbial community for estimating the success of restoration

JA Harris - European Journal of Soil Science, 2003 - Wiley Online Library
Land degradation is of concern in many countries. In order for timely and effective
interventions to be made to reverse this degradation it is necessary to have objective …

Microbiological parameters as indicators of compost maturity

SM Tiquia - Journal of applied microbiology, 2005 - academic.oup.com
Aims: The objectives of this study were to determine the changes of microbial properties of
pig manure collected from pens with different management strategies and composted using …

Hydrolase activities, microbial biomass and bacterial community in a soil after long-term amendment with different composts

M Ros, JA Pascual, C Garcia, MT Hernandez… - Soil Biology and …, 2006 - Elsevier
The use of composts in agricultural soils is a widespread practice and the positive effects on
soil and plants are known from numerous studies. However, there have been few attempts to …

[HTML][HTML] Changes in microbial and soil properties following amendment with treated and untreated olive mill wastewater

A Mekki, A Dhouib, S Sayadi - Microbiological Research, 2006 - Elsevier
We investigated the effect of untreated and biologically treated olive mill wastewater (OMW)
spreading on the soil characteristics and the microbial communities. The water holding …

Towards a more sustainable fertilization: Combined use of compost and inorganic fertilization for tomato cultivation

T Hernández, C Chocano, JL Moreno… - Agriculture, Ecosystems & …, 2014 - Elsevier
The feasibility of using combined organic and inorganic fertilizers as an alternative to
conventional inorganic fertilization was tested for tomato crops. To do this, two different …

Site and temporal variation of soil respiration in European beech, Norway spruce, and Scots pine forests

W Borken, YIJUN XU, EA Davidson… - Global Change …, 2002 - Wiley Online Library
Global warming and changes in rainfall amount and distribution may affect soil respiration
as a major carbon flux between the biosphere and the atmosphere. The objectives of this …