Vermicomposting of Taro (Colocasia esculenta) with two epigeic earthworm species

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 97, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 1324-1328

  Kurien, J ^a   Ramasamy, E V ^a  

^a MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Colocasia; Eisenia foetida; Eudrilus eugeniae; Taro; Vermicast; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

COLOCASIA; EISENIA FOETIDA; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; TARO; VERMICAST; VERMICOMPOSTING;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING;

BIOCONVERSION;

BACTERIA; BIOCONVERSION; BIODEGRADATION; BIODIVERSITY; BIOREACTORS; COMPOSTING;

EARTHWORM; PLANT COMMUNITY; SPECIES DIVERSITY; SUSTAINABILITY; VERMICULTURE;

ARTICLE; BIOREACTOR; BIOTRANSFORMATION; COLOCASIA; EARTHWORM; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; COLOCASIA; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL; SPECIES SPECIFICITY;

COLOCASIA ESCULENTA; EISENIA FETIDA; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; PHERETIMA SIEBOLDI;

EID: 33646018326     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2005.05.018     Document Type: Article

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