Chemical and biochemical parameters during composting of lawn clippings with special regard to the efficiency of a compost starter kit

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 15, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 40-46

  Illmer, Paul ^a   Wagner, Andreas Otto ^a   Mair, Johannes ^a   Malin, Cornelia ^a   Farbmacher, Sieglinde ^a  

^a Leopold Franzens Univrrsity   (Austria)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION SPECTRA; BIOMASS; DEGRADATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; MICROORGANISMS; ORGANIC CARBON; TEMPERATURE;

COMPOST STARTER KIT (CSK); GEOTRICHUM KLEBAHNII; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

COMPOSTING;

ABSORPTION; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; ORGANIC MATTER; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; TEMPERATURE; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

GEOTRICHUM; GEOTRICHUM KLEBAHNII; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 33947270493     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2007.10702309     Document Type: Article

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