Guttila Yugantha Jayasinghe

Development and Utilization of Synthetic Soil Aggregates

A novel technique to recycle different types of waste materials

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Soil aggregate formation and aggregate stability have an important role in crop production and sustainable agricultural management. Formation and maintenance of stable aggregates is the essential feature of the soil tilth. Aggregates formation in the soil takes very long time and influenced by several factors such as soil organic matter, binding agents, soil fauna, environmental variables, microorganisms and roots. This book focuses on a novel idea of synthetic aggregates formation within very short time from different types of waste materials and their different utilization in agriculture. These kinds of unconventional synthetic aggregate production have not much been reported in the literature. Several kind of synthetic aggregates were produced from different waste materials such as sewage sludge, paper waste, oil palm waste, sugarcane trash, starch waste, coal fly ash, wood chips, coir dust, cattle manure compost and chicken manure compost. Developed aggregates were utilized in agriculture as a soil amendment, fertilizer support, and potting media for containerized plant cultivation. These synthetic aggregates proved that they can be utilized in agriculture very effectively.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: LAP Lambert Academic Publishing
• Aufl.
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 10. November 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 220mm x 150mm x 15mm
• Gewicht: 350g
• ISBN-13: 9783659116308
• ISBN-10: 3659116300
• Artikelnr.: 36325200

Autorenporträt

Professor Guttila Yugantha Jayasinghe has obtained his PhD in Environmental Science and Technology from Japan and has authored more than 100 scientific articles in reputed communications. Ms. Shehani Sharadha Maheepala is a BSc Green Technology Graduate from Faculty of Agriculture, University of Ruhuna.