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The Effects Of Sewage Sludge Applications On The Yield,Growth, Nutrition And Heavy Metal Accumulation In Apple Trees Growing In Dry Conditions, Mehmet Ali̇ Bozkurt, Tarik Yarilgaç

Turkish Journal of Agriculture and Forestry

The effects of various sewage sludge (biosolid) rates and a single dose barnyard manure application on the fruit yield, growth, nutrition and heavy metal accumulation of apple trees were investigated. The experiment was conducted using a completely randomized design with 4 replicates in dry conditions in Van, in the East Anatolia region of Turkey in 2000 and 2001. Sewage sludge was added to the soil at the rates of 0, 10, 20, 40 and 60 kg tree^{-1}. Barnyard manure was applied to the soil at a rate of 25 kg tree^{-1}. Two years' data showed that the addition of sewage …