Bioconversion of municipal solid waste through vermicomposting

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 3, Issue 3, 2001, Pages 205-207

  Goswami, B ^a   Kalita, M C ^a   Talukdar, S ^a  

^a GAUHATI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Bioconversion; Vermicompost; Waste

Indexed keywords

FERTILIZER;

AMYNTHAS DIFFRINGENS; ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COMPOSTING; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; FIELD EXPERIMENT; FRUIT; INDIA; LITTER DECOMPOSITION; MARKET; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; NONHUMAN; PLANT YIELD; SOIL ANALYSIS; SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT; TOMATO; VEGETABLE;

AMYNTHAS; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 0038554214     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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