Research Notes : Turkey : Effect of cheese whey as a fertilizer on the increase of soybean nodules

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1987-04-01
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Konar, Atilla
Arioglu, H. Halis
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Cheese whey, a dairy by-product with an estimated world production of 72 million tons, is a polluter to the environment if it is not treated before disposal. Among some practical and simple uses of whey is the use of it as a liquid fertilizer, which was the case in the pastures of USA and many other countries in the 1960s (Ryder, 1980). Since whey contains 50-55% of the dry matter of whole milk, it is rich in organic carbohydrate, fat, and some proteins and inorganic matter (mineral matter) and also in mostly lactic acid bacteria; 3 tons of whey equals 1 ton of animal fertilizer

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