Vermicomposting of kitchen waste by using Eisenia fetida (Savigny)

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 541-544

  Suthar, Surendra S ^a,b   Watts, Jyoti ^a   Sandhu, Manpreet ^a   Rana, Sugandha ^a   Kanwal, Anupam ^a   Gupta, Deepti ^a   Meena, Mamta Singh ^a  

^a Department of Zoology   (India)

^b VPO and Tehsil Tibbi   (India)

Author keywords

Eisentia fetida; Kitchen waste; Vermicomposting; Waste management vermicompost

Indexed keywords

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CARBON NITROGEN RATIO; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; CORRELATION ANALYSIS; CORRELATION COEFFICIENT; DOMESTIC WASTE; EARTHWORM; INDIA; INOCULATION; KITCHEN; LEAF LITTER; METHODOLOGY; NONHUMAN; POLLUTION CONTROL; SOIL POLLUTION; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EISENIA FETIDA; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 29544432162     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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