EFFECTS OF DIGESTED SEWAGE-SLUDGE ON YIELD AND HEAVY-METAL ACCUMULATION IN HORTICULTURAL SPECIES

Authors
CIMINO G TOSCANO G
Citation
G. Cimino et G. Toscano, EFFECTS OF DIGESTED SEWAGE-SLUDGE ON YIELD AND HEAVY-METAL ACCUMULATION IN HORTICULTURAL SPECIES, Bioresource technology, 46(3), 1993, pp. 217-220
Citations number
6
Categorie Soggetti
Energy & Fuels","Biothechnology & Applied Migrobiology",Agriculture
Journal title
Bioresource technology → ACNP
ISSN journal
09608524
Volume
46
Issue
3
Year of publication
1993
Pages
217 - 220
Database
ISI
SICI code
0960-8524(1993)46:3<217:EODSOY>2.0.ZU;2-C
Abstract
The use of digested sludge from a wastewater purification plant, prope rly mixed with soil, provided good growth of pea and broad bean specie s, increased germination and better yield than that with inorganic fer tilizer. Additions of cadmium, copper and lead to digested sludge part ially reduced the germination of the seeds but did not cause accumulat ion of toxic elements in the edible parts of the plants.