TY - JOUR
T1 - Swiss Chard and Alfalfa Responses to Soils Amended with Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator Ash
T2 - Growth and Elemental Composition
AU - Rosen, Carl J.
AU - Bierman, Peter M.
AU - Olson, Daniel
N1 - Copyright:
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PY - 1994/6/1
Y1 - 1994/6/1
N2 - The effects of three municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerator ashes on soil chemical properties, plant growth, and elemental composition of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) were investigated in greenhouse pot experiments. Ash rates of 13.1,16.2, and 26.7 g kg-1 of soil, based on their available K content, were compared with K fertilizer, P fertilizer, P + K fertilizer, and nonamended controls. Plant dry matter production in ash-amended soil was similar to or greater than that in fertilized soil. Responses varied with crop and ash type, but increases occurred in MSW ash treatments for soil pH, soluble salts, extractable soil P, K, Ca, Na, Cu, Zn, Mo, Cd, and Pb, and plant tissue (leaf plus stem) concentrations of P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, B, Cu, Zn, Mo, and Cd. No phytotoxic effects were observed, but some alfalfa treatments exceeded livestock dietary tolerances for Mo (>5 mg kg-1) and Cd (>0.5 mg kg-1)·.
AB - The effects of three municipal solid waste (MSW) incinerator ashes on soil chemical properties, plant growth, and elemental composition of Swiss chard (Beta vulgaris L.) and alfalfa (Medicago sativa L.) were investigated in greenhouse pot experiments. Ash rates of 13.1,16.2, and 26.7 g kg-1 of soil, based on their available K content, were compared with K fertilizer, P fertilizer, P + K fertilizer, and nonamended controls. Plant dry matter production in ash-amended soil was similar to or greater than that in fertilized soil. Responses varied with crop and ash type, but increases occurred in MSW ash treatments for soil pH, soluble salts, extractable soil P, K, Ca, Na, Cu, Zn, Mo, Cd, and Pb, and plant tissue (leaf plus stem) concentrations of P, K, Ca, Mg, Na, B, Cu, Zn, Mo, and Cd. No phytotoxic effects were observed, but some alfalfa treatments exceeded livestock dietary tolerances for Mo (>5 mg kg-1) and Cd (>0.5 mg kg-1)·.
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U2 - 10.1021/jf00042a023
DO - 10.1021/jf00042a023
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0000833678
SN - 0021-8561
VL - 42
SP - 1361
EP - 1368
JO - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
JF - Journal of agricultural and food chemistry
IS - 6
ER -