Towards maximising output from vermireactors fed with cowdung spiked paper waste

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 79, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 67-72

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

^a PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Eudrilus eugeniae; Paper waste; Vermicast; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOREACTORS; PAPER; PULP DIGESTERS;

SPIKING;

INDUSTRIAL WASTES;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; BIOREACTOR; COMPOSTING; COST; EARTHWORM; NONHUMAN; PAPER; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOIL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CATTLE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; OLIGOCHAETA; PAPER;

EID: 0035014135     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0960-8524(01)00003-7     Document Type: Article

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