The CEBAS is an institute located in Murcia (South East Spain), 50 Km
from Mediterranean coast, under semiarid climatic conditions. It was created
in 1958, with the aim of promoting research in the fields of Agriculture
Science, Natural Resources and Environmental Science.
Up today, the CEBAS is arranged in five departments:
- Nutrition and plant physiology
- Plant breeding and phatology
- Food science and technology
- Soils and Water Conservation
- Organic Refuse Management
There are 146 persons working at the Centre nowadays,
44 of which are scientists, 11 technicals, 7 postdocs, 26 postgraduate students,
39 technicians and 19 administratives.
The composition of the CEBAS-CSIC group working in Soil Enzimology,
integrated in the departments of Soil and Water Conservation and Organic
Refuses Management, is as follows:
-scientific staff
- Carlos García-Izquierdo, PhD in Chemistry
- María Teresa Hernández, PhD in Chemistry
- J. A. Pascual, PhD in Biology
- José Luis Moreno, PhD in Chemistry
- M. Ros, PhD in Chemistry
-technicians
- M. D. Martínez
- C. Carreño
In the last years, the main lines of research of this group have been:
- Biostabilization process of the organic wastes
- Use of biochemical parameters as biomarkers of the composting process
- Studies of influence of composts on soil quality and plants
- Effect of heavy metals on soil enzyme activities
- Strategies for soil rehabilitation: organic soil amendment
- Microbial activity as potential biomarker of soil degradation and desertification
- Soil Bioremediation
In the last ten years, the CEBAS Group has developed
more than twenty projects, funded by national and international organisms
(CYCIT, FAO, UE…), and has established and sustained wide relationships with
European research groups.
Our most relevant publications are the following. If you are interested on getting any of these papers, please send us an email.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
THE INFLUENCE OF COMPOSTING AND MATURATION PROCESSES OF THE HEAVY METAL EXTRACTABILITY FROM SOME ORGANIC WASTES.
Biological Wastes, 31, 1990, 291-301.
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F.
COLOR CHANGES OF ORGANIC WASTES DURING COMPOSTING AND MATURATION PROCESSES.
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 36, 1990. 243-248.
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F.
PHYTOTOXICITY SUPRESSION IN URBAN ORGANIC WASTES
BioCycle, 31, 1990, 62-63.
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F.
STUDY OF WATER EXTRACTS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTS.
Soil Sci. and Plant Nutr., 37, 3, 1991, 333-342.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
CHANGES IN CARBON FRACTIONS DURING COMPOSTING AND MATURATION OF ORGANIC WASTES.
Environmental Management, 15, 3, 1991, 433-439.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
HUMIC SUBSTANCES IN COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGE.
Waste Management and Research, 9, 1991, 189-194.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
THE INFLUENCE OF COMPOSTING ON THE FERTILIZING VALUE OF AN AEROBIC SEWAGE SLUDGE.
Plant and Soil, 136, 269-272. 1991.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
AGRONOMIC VALUE OF URBAN WASTE AND THE GROWTH OF RYEGRASS (Lolium perenne) IN A CALCIORTHID SOIL AMENDED WITH THIS WASTE.
J. Sci. Food Agric., 56, 457-467. 1991.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
EVOLUCION CON EL COMPOSTAJE DEL EXTRACTO HIDROSOLUBLE DE COMPOSTS.
Agrochimica, XXXVI, 71-80, 1991.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa
CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMIC ACIDS FROM UNCOMPOSTED AND COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGE BY DEGRADATIVE AND NON-DEGRADATIVE TECHNIQUES.
Bioresource Technology, 41, 53-57, 1992.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa and M. Ayuso
EVALUATION OF THE MATURITY OF MUNICIPAL WASTE COMPOST USING SIMPLE CHEMICAL PARAMETERS.
Commun. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 23, 1501-1512, 1992.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa, B. Ceccanti and D. Dell'Amico
CHARACTERIZATION OF THE ORGANIC FRACTION OF AN UNCOMPOSTED AND COMPOSTED
SEWAGE SLUDGE BY ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING AND GEL FILTRATION.
Biol. Fertil. Soils, 13, 112-118, 1992.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa and J.A. Pascual
PHYTOTOXICITY DUE TO THE AGRICULTURAL USE OF URBAN WASTES. GERMINATION EXPERIMENTS.
J. Sci. Food Agric., 58, 1992.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa, B. Ceccanti and C. Ciardi
CHANGES IN ATP CONTENT, ENZIME ACTIVITY AND INORGANIC NITROGEN SPECIES DURING COMPOSTING OF ORGANIC WASTES.
Can. J. Soil Sci., 72, 1992, 243-253.
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C. García, T. Hernández and F. Costa
COMPARISON OF HUMIC ACIDS DERIVED FROM CITY REFUSE WITH MORE DEVELOPED HUMIC ACIDS.
Soil Sci. Plant. Nutr., 38(2), 339-346, 1992.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa, B. Ceccanti and A. Polo
A COMPARATIVE CHEMICAL-STRUCTURAL STUDY OF FOSSIL HUMIC ACIDS AND THOSE EXTRACTED FROM URBAN WASTES.
Resources, Conservation and Recycling, 6, 231-241. 1992.
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C. García, T. Hernández, F.Costa, B. Ceccanti and M. Calcinai
A CHEMICAL-STRUCTURE STUDY OF ORGANIC WASTES AND THEIR HUMIC ACIDS DURING COMPOSTING BY MEANS OF PYROLYSIS-GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY.
The Sci. of the Total Environ., 119, 157-168. 1992
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C. García, T. Hernández y F. Costa
MINERALIZATION IN A CALCAREOUS SOIL OF A SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOSTED WITH DIFFERENT ORGANIC RESIDUES.
Waste Management Research, 10, 445-452.1992
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C. García, T. Hernández y F. Costa
A CHEMICAL STUDY OF COMPOSTED AND UNCOMPOSTED ORGANIC WASTES AND THEIR EFFECTS ON GROWTH OF LATUCA SATIVA.
BioCycle, Nov. 1992, 70-72.
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C. García, T. Hernández and F. Costa
VARIATION IN SOME CHEMICAL PARAMETERS AND ORGANIC MATTER IN SOILS REGENERATED BY THE ADDITION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE.
Environmental Management, 16, 763-768. 1992
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F., Ceccanti, B. and Masciandaro, G.
KINETICS OF PHOSPHATASE ACTIVITY IN ORGANIC WASTES.
Soil Biol. Biochem., 25, 561-565. 1993
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F., Ceccanti, B., Masciandaro, G. and Ciardi, C.
STUDY OF BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN MUNICIPAL WASTES.
Bioresources Technology, 44, 17-23. 1993
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C. García, T. Hernández, F. Costa, B. Ceccanti and A. Ganni
HYDROLASES IN THE ORGANIC MATTER FRACTIONS OF SEWAGE SLUDGE. CHANGES WITH COMPOSTING.
Bioresource Technology, 45, 44-52. 1993
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F., Ceccanti, B., Masciandaro, G. and Calcinai, M.
EVALUATION OF THE ORGANIC MATTER OF RAW AND COMPOSTED MUNICIPAL WASTES.
Soil Sci. Plant. Nutr., 39, 99-108. 1993
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C. García, Pugnario, F.J., Ceccanti, B. and Masciandaro, G.
ESTUDIO SOBRE EL PODER FERTILIZANTE DE UN COMPLEJO DE TURBA. ENSAYO DE FERTILIDAD SOBRE SUELO ARENOSO.
Agrochimica, 37, 359-368. 1993
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Ceccanti, B., Masciandaro, G. and García, C.
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF STRAW AND PIGGERY WASTEWATERS: I. PRELIMINARY STUDIES.
Agrochimica, 37, 147-156. 1993
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C. García, Hernández, T. and Costa, F.
MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN SOILS UNDER MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS.
Soil Biol. Biochem., 26, 1185-1191. 1994
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Masciandaro, G., Ceccanti, B. and García, C.
ANAEROBIC DIGESTION OF STRAW AND PIGGERY WASTEWATERS: II. OPTIMIZATION OF THE PROCESS.
Agrochimica, 37, 195-203. 1994
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C. García, Hernández, T. and Costa, F.
BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN SOILS REGENERATED BY THE ADDITION OF ORGANIC WASTES.
Waste Management and Research, 12, 457-466. 1994
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C. García and T. Hernández
INFLUENCE OF BROMACIL AND SEWAGE SLUDGE ADDITION ON THE SOILS'S ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY.
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 42, 191-195, 1996.
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C. García, and Hernández, T.
ORGANIC MATTER IN BARE SOILS OF THE MEDITERRANEAN REGION WITH SEMI-ARID CLIMATE.
Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation, 10, 31-41, 1996.
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C. García, Ceccanti, B., Masciandaro, G. and Hernández, T.
PHOSPHATASE AND B-GLUCOSIDASE ACTIVITIES IN HUMIC SUBSTANCES FRON AMIMAL WASTES.
Bioresource Technology, 53, 79-87, 1996.
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C. García, Ceccanti, B., Masciandaro, G. and Hernández, T.
FRACTIONATION AND CHARACTERIZATION OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES FRACTIONS WITH DIFFERENT MOLECULAR WEIGHTS, OBTAINED FROM ANIMAL WASTES.
Soil Sci. Plant. Nutr., 41, 649-658, 1995.
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C. García, and Hernández, T.
BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN REDELICT SOILS SUBJECT TO EROSION PROCESS.
Soil Biol. Biochem., 29, 171-177. 1997.
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Ayuso, M., Pascual, J.A., García, C. and Hernández, T.
EVALUATION OF URBAN WASTES FOR ITS USE IN AGRICULTURE.
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 42, 105-111. 1996.
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C. García, Hernández, T. and Ceccanti, B.
CHARACTERIZATION BY ISOELECTRIC FOCUSING OF THE ORGANIC MATTER OF A REGENERATED SOIL.
Comm. Soil Sci. Plant. Anal., 26, 3033-3043, 1995.
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C. García, Hernández, T., Barahona, A. and Costa, F.
ORGANIC MATTER FEATURES AND NUTRIENT CONTENT IN ERODED SOILS.
Environmental Management, 20, 133-141, 1996.
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C. García, Moreno, J.L., Hernández, T., Costa, F.
EFFECT OF COMPOSTING PROCESS ON SEWAGE SLUDGES WITH HIGH LEVELS OF HEAVY METAL CONTAMINATION.
Bioresource Techn., 53, 13-19, 1995.
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C. García and T. Hernández
INFLUENCE OF SALINITY ON THE BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL ACTIVITY OF A CALCIORTHID SOIL.
Plant and Soil, 178, 255-263. 1996.
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Ayuso, M., Hernandez, T., García, C. and Pascual, JA.
BIOCHEMICAL AND CHEMICAL STRUCTURAL CHARACTERIZATION OF DIFERENT ORGANIC MATERIALS USED AS MANURES.
Bioresource Technology, 57, 201-207, 1996.
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Ayuso, M., Hernandez, T., García, C. and Pascual, J.A.
A COMPARATIVE STUDY OF THE EFFECT ON BARLEY GROWTH OF HUMIC SUBSTANCES EXTRACTED
FROM MUNICIPAL WASTES AND FROM TRADITIONAL ORGANIC MATERIALS.
J. Sci. Food Agric., 72, 493-500, 1996.
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Ayuso, M., Hernandez, T., García, C. and Pascual, JA.
ESTIMULATION OF BARLEY GROWTH AND ABSORPTION BY HUMIC SUBSTANCES ORIGINATED FROM VARIOUS ORGANIC MATERIALS.
Bioresource Technology., 57, 251-257, 1996.
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Ayuso, M., Hernandez, T. García, C. and Pascual, J.A.
EFFECT OF HUMIC FRACTIONS FROM URBAN WASTES AND OTHER MORE EVOLVED ORGANIC MATERIALS ON SEED GERMINATION.
J.Sci. Food Agric., 72, 461-468, 1996.
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C. García, Hernandez, T. and Costa, F.
POTENTIAL USE OF DEHYDROGENASE ACTIVITY AS AN INDEX OF MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN DEGRADED SOILS.
Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 1-2, 123-134, 1997.
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C. García, Hernandez, T., Roldán, A. and Albaladejo, J.
BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL QUALITY OF A SEMIARID SOIL AFTER INDUCED DEVEGETATION.
J. Environ. Qual., 26, 1116-1122, 1997 .
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C. García, Roldán, A. and Hernandez, T.
CHANGES IN MICROBIAL ACTIVITY AFTER ABANDONMENT OF CULTIVATION IN A SEMIARID MEDITERRANEAN ENVIRONMENT.
J. Environ. Qual., 26, 285-291, 1997.
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Pascual, J.A., García, C., Hernandez, T. and Ayuso, M.
CHANGES IN THE MICROBIAL ACTIVITY OF ARID SOILS AMENDED WITH URBAN ORGANIC WASTES.
Biol. Fertil. Soils, 24, 429-434. 1997.
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Roldán, A., García, C. and Albaladejo, J.
RECOVERY OF AM-FUNGI POPULATIONS IN ABANDONMENT FIELDS OF DIFFERENT AGES IN A SEMIARID MEDITERRANEAN SITE.
Arid Soil and Research, 11, 211-220 1997.
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Pascual, J.A., Ayuso, M., García, C. and Hernandez, T.
CHARACTERIZATION OF URBAN WASTES ACCORDING TO FERTILITY AND PHYTOTOXICITY PARAMETERS.
Waste Manage. Res., 15, 103-112, 1997 .
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Moreno, J.L., García, C., Hernandez, T. and Ayuso, M.
TRANSFERENCE OF HEAVY METALS FROM A CALCAREOUS SOIL AMENDED WITH COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGES TO BARLEY PLANTS.
Bioresource Technology, 55, 251-258. 1996.
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Masciandaro, G., Ceccanti, B. and García, C.
SOIL AGRO-ECOLOGICAL MANAGEMENT: FERTIRRIGATION AND VERMICOMPOST TREATMENTS.
Bioresource Technology, 59, 199-206. 1997
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Masciandaro, G., Ceccanti, B. and García, C.
CHANGES IN SOIL BIOCHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES INDUCED BY "LIVING MULCHING" SYSTEMS.
Cannadian J. Soil Sci., 77, 579-587. 1997
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Hernandez, T., García, C. and Reinhard, I.
SHORT-TERM EFFECT OF WILDFIRE ON THE CHEMICAL, BIOCHEMICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PROPERTIES OF MEDITERRANEAN PINE FOREST SOILS.
Biol. Fert. Soils, 25, 109-116. 1997
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J.A. Pascual, Ayuso, M., Hernández, T. y García, C.
PHYTOTOXICITY AND FERTILIZING CAPACITY OF DIFFERENT ORGANIC AMENDMENTS.
Agrochimica, 41, 50-61. 1997
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J.L. Moreno, C. García, T. Hernández and M. Ayuso
APPLICATION OF COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGES CONTAMINATED WITH HEAVY METALS TO AN AGRICULTURAL SOIL. EFFECT ON LETUCE GROWTH
Soil Sci. Plant Nutr., 43, 565-573. 1997
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Ayuso, M., Moreno, J.L., Hernández, T. and García, C.
CHARACTERISATION AND EVALUATION OF HUMIC ACIDS EXTRACTED FROM URBAN WASTES AS LIQUID FERTILISERS
J. Sci. Food Agric., 75, 481-488. 1997
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García, C. and Hernández, T.
BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL INDICATORS IN DERELICT SOILS SUBJECT TO EROSION.
Soil Biol. Biochem., 29, 171-177. 1997
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J.A. Pascual, T. Hernández, C. García and M. Ayuso
ENZYMATIC ACTIVITIES IN AN ARID SOIL AMENDED WITH URBAN ORGANIC WASTES: LABORATORY EXPERIMENT.
Bioresource Technology, 64, 131-138. 1998
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J.A. Pascual, T. Hernández, C. García and A. García
CHANGES IN THE ORGANIC MATTER MINERALIZATION RATES OF AN ARID SOIL AFTER AMENDMENT WITH ORGANIC WASTES.
Arid Soil Research and Rehabilitation, 12, 63-72. 1998
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J.A. Pascual, T. Hernández, C. García and M. Ayuso
CARBON MINERALIZATION IN AN ARID SOIL AMENDED WITH ORGANIC MATERIALS OF VARYING DEGREE OF STABILITY
Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 29, 835-846. 1998
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C. García, T. Hernández, J. Albaladejo, V. Castillo and A. Roldán
REVEGETATION IN SEMIARID ZONES: INFLUENCE OF TERRACING AND ORGANIC REFUSE ON MICROBIAL ACTIVITY
Soil Sci. Soc. Am. J. 1998, 62, 670-676. 1998
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J.L. Moreno, C. García and T. Hernández
CHANGES
IN THE ORGANIC MATTER AND ENZYMATIC ACTIVITY OF AN AGRICULTURAL ARID SOIL
AMENDED WITH METAL - CONTAMINATED SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST.
Comm. Soil Sci. Plant Anal., 29, 2247-2262. 1998
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J.L. Moreno, T. Hernández and C. García
EFFECT
OF ADDING A CADMIUM-CONTAMINATED SEWAGE SLUDGE COMPOST ON DYNAMICS OF ORGANIC
MATTER AND MICROBIAL ACTIVITY IN AN ARID SOIL
Biology and Fertility of Soil, 28, 230-237. 1998
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C. García, T. Hernández and J.A. Campuzano
LONG-TERM EFFECT OF MONOCULTURE ON SOME BIOLOGICAL AND BIOCHEMICAL PARAMETERS IN SEMIARID SOILS
Soil Science Society of Amecica Journal, (in press)
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J. Pascual, C. García and T. Hernández
COMPARISON OF FRESH AND COMPOSTED ORGANIC WASTE IN THEIR EFFICACY FOR THE IMPROVEMENT OF ARID SOIL QUALITY
Bioresource Technology, 68, 255-264, 1998
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J. Pascual, C. García and T. Hernández
BIOLOGICAL IMPROVEMENT OF AN ARID SOIL AFTER THE ADDITION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE. LONG TERM EXPERIMENT
Biology and Fertility of Soil, (in press)
Our most relevant books are the following. If you are interested on any of them, please send us an email.
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Carlos García Izquierdo
ESTUDIO DEL COMPOSTAJE DE RESIDUOS ORGANICOS. VALORACION AGRICOLA
Editorial: CEBAS. Murcia, 1990. 471 pages.
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C. García, Hernández, T., Costa, F. y Polo, A.
RESIDUOS ORGANICOS. MANEJO Y UTILIZACION.
Editorial: CEBAS-CAJAMURCIA. ISBN: 94-404-9422-X
Murcia, 1991. 181 pages.
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Ceccanti, B. and Garcia, C.
ENVIRONMENTAL BIOCHEMISTRY. VOL. 1
Ed. Area della Ricerca CNR. Roma, 1995.
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