Application of toxkit microbiotests for toxicity assessment in soil and compost

Environmental Toxicology

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 274-279

  Dubova, Laila ^a   Zarina, Dz ^b  

^a LATVIA UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE   (Latvia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LATVIA   (Latvia)

Author keywords

Aerobic composting; Biotests and Toxkit microbiotests; Organic waste utilization; Toxicity (pollution control)

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURE; MICROORGANISMS; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY;

BIOTESTS; SEED GERMINATION;

ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING;

AGRICULTURAL SOIL; COMPOST; SOIL POLLUTION; TOXICITY TEST;

ALGA; AMMONIFICATION; ARTICLE; COMPOST; CRESS; CRUSTACEA; CUCUMBER; DAPHNIA; GERMINATION; NITRIFICATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; ROTIFERA; SOIL POLLUTION; SOLID STATE FERMENTATION; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; TOMATO; TOXICITY TESTING; TRICHODERMA;

ALGAE, GREEN; ANIMALS; BIOREACTORS; CRUSTACEA; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; GERMINATION; HERBICIDES; LEPIDIUM SATIVUM; LETHAL DOSE 50; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PESTICIDE RESIDUES; ROTIFERA; SEASONS; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TETRAHYMENA; TOXICITY TESTS;

BRACHIONUS; BRACHIONUS CALYCIFLORUS; CRUSTACEA; CUCUMIS; CUCUMIS SATIVUS; DAPHNIA; DAPHNIA MAGNA; HETEROCYPRIS INCONGRUENS; LYCOPERSICON; LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM; PROTOZOA; ROTIFERA; SELENASTRUM; SELENASTRUM CAPRICORNUTUM; TETRAHYMENA THERMOPHILA; THAMNOCEPHALUS; THAMNOCEPHALUS PLATYURUS; TRICHODERMA; TRICHODERMA VIRIDE;

EID: 4444365709     PISSN: 15204081     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/tox.20034     Document Type: Article

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