Germination and seedling growth of vegetable crops in fly ash-amended soils

Earth & Environmental Sciences

• germination 86%
• vegetable 77%
• sandy soil 77%
• seedling 77%
• fly ash 69%
• crop 54%
• sandy loam 51%
• seed 39%
• soil 32%
• electrical conductivity 27%
• ash 24%
• DTPA 19%
• soil amendment 18%
• shoot 16%
• energy production 15%
• soil type 14%
• byproduct 13%
• soil water 12%
• trace element 11%
• young 10%
• coal 9%
• metal 8%
• effect 7%
• test 5%
• rate 4%

Agriculture & Biology

• fly ash 100%
• vegetable crops 83%
• sandy soils 80%
• seedling growth 71%
• germination 53%
• soil 38%
• ash (inorganic matter) 30%
• electrical conductivity 29%
• Brassica rapa var. parachinensis 26%
• seed germination 25%
• Brassica rapa subsp. chinensis 20%
• plant available water 19%
• soil amendments 17%
• coal 16%
• osmotic pressure 15%
• trace elements 15%
• soil types 14%
• cotyledons 14%
• crop production 14%
• adverse effects 12%
• vegetables 11%
• metals 11%
• shoots 9%
• energy 8%
• crops 8%
• seeds 7%
• leaves 6%
• testing 5%
• sampling 5%