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dc.creatorIglesias Jiménez, Emeterio-
dc.date2001-
dc.date.accessioned2017-01-31T01:43:45Z-
dc.date.available2017-01-31T01:43:45Z-
dc.identifierSoil Biol. Biochem., 33 (2001), 409-412-
dc.identifier10261/5174-
dc.identifier10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00178-4-
dc.identifier.urihttp://dspace.mediu.edu.my:8181/xmlui/handle/123456789/124500-
dc.descriptionFinal full-text version (definitively accepted version) of the paper published by Elsevier Sci. Ltd.-
dc.descriptionLand application of city refuse compost (CRC), produced from aerobic-thermophilic composting of the organic fraction of municipal solid wastes, is an attractive alternative for the disposal of these wastes, currently land-filled or incinerated. Knowledge of the availability of N in compost is particularly important, given the current concern about groundwater contamination by NO3--N. In this work we assessed the capacity of a CRC with a high degree of maturity to supply N to a barley crop over 2 months in a controlled-phytotron experiment. The CRC was applied at a rate equivalent to 60 t ha-1, after incubation of the material (fraction < 2mm) for 3 months at 24 ºC (40-45 % moisture). The soil (Eutric Cambisol) was labelled with 15N as (15NH4)2SO4 with 9.614 atom % 15N excess. Available-N from CRC dilutes the isotopic 15N/14N ratio of the labelled soil in an important way; atom % 15N excess in the plant material (aerial part) after 2 months was approximately 50% in the compost treatment with respect to the non-amended soil (0.625 and 1.201 atom % 15N excess, respectively). Accordingly, CRC should not be considered as a poor-release N material when it has a high degree of maturity, i.e. it is highly biologically stabilised and "humified". On the contrary, a high N-fertiliser value to crops can be attained if a very high maturity degree is reached in commercial composting plants. This type of compost may be defined as a "postmature compost", a slow-release N material and a rich N material to plants at the same time. For this reason, the concept "postmature compost" is of great interest from an agronomic point of view and opens a wide portal for investigation of the agronomic reuse of composted organic materials.-
dc.descriptionPeer reviewed-
dc.languageeng-
dc.publisherElsevier-
dc.relationhttp://dx.doi.org/10.1016/S0038-0717(00)00178-4-
dc.rightsopenAccess-
dc.subjectCompost-
dc.subjectMSW (municipal solid waste) compost-
dc.subjectRecycling-
dc.subjectOrganic matter reuse-
dc.subjectMaturity degree-
dc.subjectBiological stabilisation-
dc.subjectHumification-
dc.subjectFertilizer value of compost-
dc.subjectCompost-N availability-
dc.subjectSoil fertility-
dc.subjectPlant nutrition-
dc.subjectCompost Science-
dc.subjectSoil Science-
dc.titleNitrogen availability from a mature urban compost determined by the 15N isotope dilution method-
dc.typeArtículo-
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