A reason to be optimistic about biodiesel: seed meal as a valuable soil amendment

[...]the results of recent experiments suggest that rapeseed meal might soon be of high value as a soil amendment. Because of its high nitrogen content, B. napus seed meal has been used in plant production systems as an alternative to conventional mineral fertilizers.

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Veröffentlicht in:	Trends in biotechnology (Regular ed.) 2004-05, Vol.22 (5), p.211-212
Hauptverfasser:	Cohen, Michael F, Mazzola, Mark
Format:	Artikel
Sprache:	eng
Schlagworte:	apples Biodegradation, Environmental Biodiesel fuels Brassica napus - chemistry Composting Conservation of Natural Resources disease control Energy-Generating Resources - economics Fertilizers - microbiology Fruit - economics Gasoline - economics Malus - microbiology Malus domestica Mineral fertilizers plant pathogenic fungi Plant production Plant Roots - microbiology rapeseed meal Rhizoctonia - pathogenicity root diseases Seeds Seeds - chemistry Soil amendment soil amendments Soil Microbiology Thanatephorus cucumeris
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Zusammenfassung:	[...]the results of recent experiments suggest that rapeseed meal might soon be of high value as a soil amendment. Because of its high nitrogen content, B. napus seed meal has been used in plant production systems as an alternative to conventional mineral fertilizers.
ISSN:	0167-7799 1879-3096
DOI:	10.1016/j.tibtech.2004.03.001