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Use of Wood Ash in the Forest and its Effect on the Concentration of Essential and Heavy Metallic Elements in Soil and Blueberries <i>(Vaccinium myrtillus L.)</i>
Arturs ViksnaVitālijs LazarenkoZaiga Anna ZvaigzneVita RudovicaModris Okmanissubject
040101 forestrybiologyMechanical EngineeringWood ashHeavy metals04 agricultural and veterinary sciences010501 environmental sciencesVaccinium myrtillusbiology.organism_classification01 natural sciencesMetalMechanics of Materialsvisual_artBottom ashEnvironmental chemistryFly ashvisual_art.visual_art_medium0401 agriculture forestry and fisheriesEnvironmental scienceGeneral Materials Science0105 earth and related environmental sciencesdescription
The aim of this research is to evaluate the influence of wood ash as an additive fertilizer to forest soil and growing blueberries (Vaccinium myrtillus L.) in terms of metallic element content. To evaluate the effect of wood ash on the forest ecosystem, was selected two forest areas which was fertilized with a certain amount of wood ash (bottom ash and fly ash). The selected forest areas were divided into two types of sampling plots (fertilized with ash and control). Obtained results showed that in the bottom ash dispersion area the concentration of Ca, K, Ni, Cu is almost twice higher in the fertilized plots than control plots. In the blueberries, metallic element content is similar and does not depend on the type of sampling plot.
| year | journal | country | edition | language |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2020-06-01 | Key Engineering Materials |