دانلود کتاب Compost Utilization In Horticultural Cropping Systems

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Preface......Page 6
The Editors......Page 8
Contents......Page 14
1. The Composting Industry in the United States: Past, Present, and Future......Page 20
2. Biological, Chemical, and Physical Processes of Composting......Page 34
3. Commercial Compost Production Systems......Page 68
4. Compost Quality Attributes, Measurements, and Variability......Page 112
5. Compost Effects on Crop Growth and Yield in Commercial Vegetable Cropping Systems......Page 140
6. Compost Utilization in Ornamental and Nursery Crop Production Systems......Page 152
7. Compost Utilization in Landscapes......Page 168
8. Compost Utilization in Frui Production Systems......Page 194
9. Compost Utilization in Sod Production and Turf Management......Page 218
10. Composts as Horticultural Substrates for Vegetable Transplant Production......Page 244
11. Compost Economics: Production and Utilization in Agriculture......Page 258
12. Spectrum and Mechanisms of Plant Disease Control with Composts......Page 280
13. Weed Control in Vegetable Crops with Composted Organic Mulches......Page 292
14. Nitrogen Sources, Mineralization Rates, and Nitrogen Nutrition Benefits to Plants from Composts......Page 304
15. Plant Nutrition Benefits of Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Magnesium, and Micronutrients from Compost Utilization......Page 324
16. Heavy Metal Aspects of Compost Use......Page 340
17. Human Pathogens: Hazards, Controls, and Precautions in Compost......Page 378
18. U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Regulations Governing Compost Production and Use......Page 398
Index......Page 418