Wetting method for initiating composting in cotton gin waste

Applied Engineering in Agriculture

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 417-425

  Thomasson, J A ^a   Willcutt, M H ^b  

^a AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^b Mississippi Coop Extension Service   (United States)

Author keywords

Biomass; Composting; Cotton gin; Cotton gin trash; Cotton gin waste; Soil amendment; Waste disposal

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL WASTES; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; FARMS; HARVESTING; SOILS; WASTE DISPOSAL;

COTTON GIN TRASH; COTTON GIN WASTE; COTTONGIN; SOIL AMENDMENT; WETTING METHOD;

COTTON;

EID: 0030195767     PISSN: 08838542     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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