Organic Crop Production Overview [PDF]
, 2004 This publication provides an overview of the key concepts and practices of certified organic crop production. It also presents perspectives on many of the notions, myths, and issues that have become associated with organic agriculture over time.
George Kuepper, Lance Gegner
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Factors affecting air pycnometer performance for its use in the composting process [PDF]
, 2009 Air filled porosity (AFP) is a crucial factor in composting to guarantee aerobic conditions inside the composting matrix. Among the different methods proposed to measure AFP in composting processes, air pycnometry is defined as the most adequate.
Artola Casacuberta, Adriana +3 more
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Distribution of Fecal Indicator Bacteria in Sediment of Local Open Channels Receiving Johkasou Effluent [PDF]
, 2017 Onsite wastewater treatment system named Johkasou has been widely applied in the Japanese rural areas, which the effluent is mainly discharged into stream channels.
Fajri, J. A. (Joni) +3 more
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Comparison of bacterial communities in sands and water at beaches with bacterial water quality violations [PDF]
, 2014 © The Author(s), 2014. This article is distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License. The definitive version was published in PLoS One 9 (2014): e90815, doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0090815.Recreational water quality, as measured by
Amaral-Zettler, Linda A. +4 more
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, 2014 Outbreak information linking fresh tomato fruit to illnesses is reviewed in this chapter. While tomato fruit appear to support substantial proliferation of certain serovars of Salmonella enterica, detection of this pathogen in tomato plants prior to ...
Abulreesh +95 more
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Unsafe Sewage Sludge or Beneficial Biosolids?: Liability, Planning, and Management Issues Regarding the Land Application of Sewage Treatment Residuals [PDF]
, 1999 Commentators have identified fear of liability as a major deterrent to the widespread land application of sewage sludge. Liability issues regarding land application include not only legal liability, but also market liability as a result of negative ...
Goldfarb, William +2 more
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Azithromycin and Ciprofloxacin Can Promote Antibiotic Resistance in Biosolids and Biosolids-Amended Soils. [PDF]
Appl Environ Microbiol, 2021 Sidhu H +4 more
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Environmental Dynamics in Animal Waste Reclamation in the Scaling up of Livestock in Thailand [PDF]
, 2012 Thailand has seen a scaling up of pig production in numbers and structure. Nonetheless, in-house separation and agricultural reclamation of pig solid waste are common practice.
GONZALEZ-SORIA, JAVIER
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The transfer and fate of Pb from sewage sludge amended soil in a multi-trophic food chain: a comparison with the labile elements Cd and Zn [PDF]
, 2015 The contamination of agroecosystems due to the presence of trace elements in commonly used agricultural materials is a serious issue. The most contaminated material is usually sewage sludge, and the sustainable use of this material within agriculture is ...
A Kabata-Pendias +44 more
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Willow short-rotation production systems in Canada and Northern United States: A review [PDF]
, 2014 Willow short rotation coppice (SRC) systems are becoming an attractive practice because they are a sustainable system fulfilling multiple ecological objectives with significant environmental benefits.
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