Screening of four species of detritivorous (humus – former) earthworms for sustainable vermicomposting of paper waste

Environmental Technology (United Kingdom)

Volumn 22, Issue 6, 2001, Pages 679-685

  Gajalakshmi, S ^a   Ramasamy, E V ^a   Abbasi, S A ^a  

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Anecic; Earthworms; Epigeic; Paper waste; Vermicast; Vermicomposting; Vermireactiors

Indexed keywords

ANIMALS; SOILS;

ANECIC; EARTHWORMS; EPIGEIC; PAPER WASTES; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICAST; VERMIREACTIONS;

PAPER;

COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL EXPERIMENT; ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; DRAWIDA WILLSI; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; GROWTH; LAMPITO MAURITII; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PERFORMANCE; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS; REPRODUCTION; SCREENING; SPECIES; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WEIGHT;

DRAWIDA WILLSI; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; LAMPITO MAURITII; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS;

EID: 0034930288     PISSN: 09593330     EISSN: 1479487X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09593332208618240     Document Type: Article

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