title: [Fertility and Environmental Impacts of Urban Scattered Human Feces Used as Organic Granular Fertilizer for Leaf Vegetables].
abstract: The disposal of urban scattered human feces has become a difficult problem for the management of modern city. In present study, the scattered human feces underwent the collection, scum removal, flocculation and dehydration, finally became the granular fertilizer; the effects of the ratio of fertilizer to soil on the growth of the pakchoi and the quality of soil and leaching water were evaluated, and the feasibility of granular fertilizer manuring the pakchoi was discussed by pot experiments. The results showed that the granular fertilizer significantly enhanced the production of the pakchoi which were not polluted by the intestinal microorganisms under the experiment conditions; meanwhile, at the proper ratio of fertilizer to soil, the concentration of these microorganisms in the leaching water was lower than that in the control check. Chemical analyses of soil revealed that the nutrient content of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and organic matters in soil became much richer in all treatments. In addition, the granular fertilizer improved the physical- chemical properties of soil, including raising the level of soil porosity and reducing the volume weight of soil. Application of granular fertilizer won't pollute the soil or leaching water; instead, it can also prevent nitrogen, potassium and intestinal microorganisms from leaching inio ground water at the proper ratio of granular fertilizer to soil.
authors.forename: Wen-zhou
authors.initials: WZ
authors.lastname: Lü
authors.forename: Yu-xiang
authors.initials: YX
authors.lastname: Qiao
authors.forename: Ning
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Yu
authors.forename: Rong-hua
authors.initials: RH
authors.lastname: Shi
authors.forename: Guang-ming
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D004777:Environment; D005243:Feces / Q000382:microbiology; D005308:Fertilizers; D060587:Groundwater; D006801:Humans; D007422:Intestines / Q000382:microbiology; D009584:Nitrogen / Q000737:chemistry; D010758:Phosphorus / Q000737:chemistry; D018515:Plant Leaves; D011188:Potassium / Q000737:chemistry; D012987:Soil / Q000737:chemistry; D014675:Vegetables
chemical_list: D005308:Fertilizers; D012987:Soil; D010758:Phosphorus; D009584:Nitrogen; D011188:Potassium