Compost maturity: Extractable lipids as indicators of organic matter stability

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 6-12

  Dinel, H ^a   Schnitzer, M ^a   Dumontet, S ^b  

^a AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BASILICATA   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COMPOSTING; ETHERS; INDICATORS (CHEMICAL); MANURES; MIXTURES; RAW MATERIALS; SAMPLING;

CHLOROFORM; COMPOST MATURITY; DIETHYL ETHER; EXTRACTABLE LIPIDS; ORGANIC MATTER STABILITY;

LIPIDS;

COMPOST; LIPID; ORGANIC MATTER STABILITY;

EID: 0030094198     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.1996.10701824     Document Type: Article

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