Historical development of composting technology during the 20th century

HortTechnology

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 48-51

  Fitzpatrick, George E ^a   Worden, Eva C ^b   Vendrame, Wagner A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerated static pile composting; Indore composting; Nonreactor composting; Reactor composting; Windrow composting

Indexed keywords

EID: 11244326086     PISSN: 10630198     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.21273/horttech.15.1.0048     Document Type: Conference Paper

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