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Ogbonna CB

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• Research Article
  Effect of Liquid Digestate on Agricultural Soil-II: Microbial Population Dynamics.
  Author(s): Ogbonna CB, Stanley HO and Abu GO Ogbonna CB, Stanley HO and Abu GO
  
  The aim of this study was to investigate the effect of liquid digestate (produced from anaerobic digestion of organic municipal solid waste) on the population dynamics of selected soil microbial groups during cultivation of maize plants. Maize seeds where subjected to various concentrations (between 0% to 72%) of the digestate with a total of ten (10) runs. One set of experimental runs were treated with one-time application of the corresponding digestate concentration (OTDA). Another set of experimental runs were treated with two-time application of the corresponding digestate concentration (TTDA). The first application of the digestate (for OTDA and TTDA) was conducted two weeks after sowing while the second application (for TTDA alone) was conducted three weeks after the first application. During the growth of maize plants, the populations of soil aerobic bacteria (AEB), strict anae.. View More»
  DOI: 10.4172/2471-9315.1000145

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