Vermiculture and vermicomposting as biotechnology for conversion of organic wastes into animal protein and organic fertilizer

Asian Journal of Microbiology, Biotechnology and Environmental Sciences

Volumn 7, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 359-370

  Chaudhuri, Priya Sankar ^a  

^a MBB College   (India)

Author keywords

Animal protein; Fertilizer; Vermicomposting; Vermicopost; Vermiculture

Indexed keywords

ESSENTIAL AMINO ACID; FOOD ADDITIVE; HUMIC ACID; LINOLEIC ACID; LINOLENIC ACID; ORGANIC FERTILIZER; PHYTOHORMONE; POLYUNSATURATED FATTY ACID;

ANIMAL PRODUCT; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; CEREAL; CULTURE TECHNIQUE; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION; FIBRINOLYSIS; FOOD COMPOSITION; FOOD PROCESSING; INDIA; LIPID ANALYSIS; NONHUMAN; NUTRITIONAL VALUE; ORGANIC WASTE; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PLANT GROWTH; PLANT NUTRIENT; POULTRY; PROTEIN ANALYSIS; PROTEIN CONTENT; PROTEIN FUNCTION; SEA FOOD; SPECIES IDENTIFICATION; VEGETABLE; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALIA; DRAWIDA NEPALENSIS; DRAWIDA WILLSI; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; LAMPITO MAURITII; METAPHIRE; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI; POLYPHERETIMA ELONGATA; PONTOSCOLEX CORETHRURUS;

EID: 29544436203     PISSN: 09723005     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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