Effects of soil moisture and temperature on decomposition rates of some waste materials from agriculture and agro-industry

Plant Production Science

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 475-481

  Thongjoo, Chaisit ^a   Miyagawa, Shuichi ^a   Kawakubo, Nobumitsu ^a  

^a GIFU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

CO2 generation; Decomposition rate; Soil moisture; Soil temperature; Waste materials

Indexed keywords

EID: 29344431868     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.8.475     Document Type: Article

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