Physico-chemical properties of commercial composts varying in their source materials and country of origin

Soil Biology and Biochemistry

Volumn 39, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 1263-1276

  Zmora Nahum, S ^a   Hadar, Y ^a   Chen, Y ^a  

^a HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM   (Israel)

Author keywords

13C NMR; Compost maturity; Compost stability; DOC; DRIFT; Grape marc; Green waste; Oilcake; Organic matter; Regulations; Specific UV absorbance; SUVA; Wood waste

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CARBON; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; QUALITY CONTROL; WOOD WASTES;

13C-NMR; COMPOST MATURITY; COMPOST STABILITY; DIFFUSE REFLECTANCE INFRARED FOURIER TRANSFORM (DRIFT); DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON (DOC); GRAPE MARC; GREEN WASTE; OILCAKES; SPECIFIC UV ABSORBANCE (SUVA); WOOD WASTE;

COMPOSTING;

ABSORBANCE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOST; DISSOLVED ORGANIC CARBON; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIVITY; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; OXIDATION; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; SPECTRAL REFLECTANCE; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; FRANCE; GREECE; NETHERLANDS; SOUTHERN EUROPE; WESTERN EUROPE;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; VITACEAE;

EID: 33947533708     PISSN: 00380717     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.soilbio.2006.12.017     Document Type: Article

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