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Original Articles

Availability of potassium in biomass combustion ashes and gasification biochars after application to soils with variable pH and clay content

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Pages 1119-1130 | Received 30 Jun 2017, Accepted 21 Nov 2017, Published online: 11 Dec 2017

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