Assessment of the potential of a novel newspaper/horse manure-based compost

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 73, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 163-167

  Ball, Andrew S ^a   Shah, Dilip ^b   Wheatley, Clare F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ESSEX   (United Kingdom)

^b Newslitter Ltd   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Coir fibre; Compost; Horse manure; Newspaper; Peat

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; CALCIUM; CULTIVATION; MAGNESIUM; MANURES; NITROGEN; PEAT; PH; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; TOXICITY; WASTE PAPER;

HORSE MANURE COMPOST; NEWSPAPER COMPOST;

COMPOSTING;

NITROGEN; WATER;

MANURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; FIBER; GERMINATION; HORSE; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MANURE; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT; PAPER; PH; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT LEAF; PLANT ROOT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; TECHNIQUE; TECHNOLOGY; TOMATO; TOXICITY TESTING; WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EQUUS CABALLUS; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 0033963143     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(99)00169-8     Document Type: Article

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