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Keyword: Manures. Commercial humic amendments. Humic substances. Acid hydrolysis. Humification, , , , , , , , , ,

Obtaining commercial humic products from uncomposted manures: previous acid hydrolysis to enhance yields

Purpose In Saudi Arabia, owing to the abundant livestock, manures are a source of commercial humic amendments. Climate (hot weather plus scarcity of water sources) makes composting very difficult and compulsory to obtain these humic amendments without any previous composting step. A substantial fraction of manures, cellulosic in nature, are unextractable by alkaline solutions. Our […]