Evaluation of the physio-chemical and microbial properties of green tea waste-rice bran compost and the effect of the compost on spinach production

Plant Production Science

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 391-399

  Khan, Mohammad Ashik Iqbal ^a,b   Ueno, Kihachi ^a,b   Horimoto, Sakae ^b   Komai, Fuminori ^a,b   Tanaka, Kinji ^a,b   Ono, Yoshitaka ^a,b  

^a KAGOSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b SAGA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composting; Green tea waste; Microbes; Physio chemical properties; Rice bran; Spinach

Indexed keywords

ACTINOBACTERIA; ACTINOBACTERIA (CLASS); BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); SPINACIA OLERACEA;

EID: 35549008027     PISSN: 1343943X     EISSN: 13491008     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1626/pps.10.391     Document Type: Article

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