Effect of a commercial microbiological additive on beef manure compost in the composting process

Animal Science Journal

Volumn 77, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 545-548

  Sasaki, Hiraku ^a   Kitazume, Osamu ^a   Nonaka, Jun ^a   Hikosaka, Kenji ^a   Otawa, Kenichi ^a   Itoh, Kikuji ^b   Nakai, Yutaka ^a  

^a TOHOKU UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

Author keywords

Ammonia; Compost; Microbial additive; Microbial population; Nitrate

Indexed keywords

EID: 33749535877     PISSN: 13443941     EISSN: 17400929     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1740-0929.2006.00384.x     Document Type: Article

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