Compost Rates for Remediating Reclaimed Saline soils
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Compost Rates for Remediating Reclaimed Saline soils• Calvin Strom Research Scientist Wyoming Reclamation and Restoration Center • BP America• KC Harvey• Statistics-Dr. David Legg• TerraFirma Jackson, Wyoming
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Latham Draw 29-2
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Compost
• Municipal solid waste compost
Donated by TerraFirma Organics (Dane Buk) Jackson, Wyoming
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Soil Properties
• Soil crust• Electrical conductivity (EC)• Soil Organic Matter (SOM)• Microbial Biomass• pH
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Statistical Analysis• Conducted using one way analysis of variance in a randomized
complete block design• Tested null hypothesis that the average responses were the
same among all compost treatments and (control) versus the alternate that at least two were different
• Post hoc tests were conducted using Fisher’s Protected LSD• Statistical computations were facilitated using the GLM
procedure of the Statistical Analysis System (V.9.3)
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