Vermicomposting as an alternative for reusing by-products from the olive oil industry

Fresenius Environmental Bulletin

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2000, Pages 001-008

  Moreno Llorca, Ricardo A ^a   Benitez E ^a   Melgar, R ^a   Polo, A ^a   Gomez M ^a   Nogales, R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GRANADA   (Spain)

Author keywords

By products; Chemical analysis; Olive oil industry; Phytotoxicity; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; MANURE; PHYTOTOXICITY; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE UTILIZATION;

EID: 1642586788     PISSN: 10184619     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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