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dc.contributor.authorUNGER, MARVIN.
dc.creatorUNGER, MARVINen_US
dc.date.accessioned2011-10-31T17:15:58Z
dc.date.available2011-10-31T17:15:58Z
dc.date.issued1982en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10150/184703
dc.description.abstractTwo municipal sludges, one from a highly industrialized city, Chicago, and another from a lesser industrialized, highly agricultural area, Tucson, are compared for barley production on Pima c 1 (Typic torrifluvent). Both sludges were responsible for highly significant additions of Zn, Cu, Ni, Cd and P to the soil each year at the rates of 100mt/ha single and 20mt/ha for 2 years. Nitrogen responses for barley straw and grain were observed from both sludges. Tucson sludge appears to be attractive as a potential fertilizer, not only as an NPK source, but also for its minimal amounts of heavy metals. The Chicago sludge with high levels of heavy metals, particularly Cd, appears unsuited as a fertilizer because of the plant's tendency to take up toxic levels of heavy metals.
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherThe University of Arizona.en_US
dc.rightsCopyright © is held by the author. Digital access to this material is made possible by the University Libraries, University of Arizona. Further transmission, reproduction or presentation (such as public display or performance) of protected items is prohibited except with permission of the author.en_US
dc.subjectSewage sludge as fertilizer.en_US
dc.subjectPlants -- Effect of sewage on.en_US
dc.subjectTucson (Ariz.) -- Sewerage.en_US
dc.subjectChicago (Ill.) -- Sewerage.en_US
dc.subjectSewage sludge -- Composition.en_US
dc.titleUTILIZATION OF TWO SEWAGE SLUDGES ON CROPLAND: YIELD, NITROGEN, AND METAL UPTAKE IN WINTER BARLEYen_US
dc.typetexten_US
dc.typeDissertation-Reproduction (electronic)en_US
dc.identifier.oclc682948814en_US
thesis.degree.grantorUniversity of Arizonaen_US
thesis.degree.leveldoctoralen_US
dc.contributor.committeememberHendricks, D. M.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberDutt, G. R.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberFeltham, R. D.en_US
dc.contributor.committeememberRund, J. V.en_US
dc.identifier.proquest8227373en_US
thesis.degree.disciplineSoils, Water and Engineeringen_US
thesis.degree.disciplineGraduate Collegeen_US
thesis.degree.namePh.D.en_US
refterms.dateFOA2018-05-30T10:17:28Z
html.description.abstractTwo municipal sludges, one from a highly industrialized city, Chicago, and another from a lesser industrialized, highly agricultural area, Tucson, are compared for barley production on Pima c 1 (Typic torrifluvent). Both sludges were responsible for highly significant additions of Zn, Cu, Ni, Cd and P to the soil each year at the rates of 100mt/ha single and 20mt/ha for 2 years. Nitrogen responses for barley straw and grain were observed from both sludges. Tucson sludge appears to be attractive as a potential fertilizer, not only as an NPK source, but also for its minimal amounts of heavy metals. The Chicago sludge with high levels of heavy metals, particularly Cd, appears unsuited as a fertilizer because of the plant's tendency to take up toxic levels of heavy metals.


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