Recycling of spent mushroom compost using earthworms Eisenia foetida and Eisenia andrei

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 476-482

  Tajbakhsh, J ^a   Abdoli, M A ^a   Mohammadi Goltapeh, E ^b   Alahdadi, I ^a   Malakouti, M J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEHRAN   (Iran)

^b TARBIAT MODARES UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

Author keywords

Agro wastes; Iran; Recycling spent mushroom compost; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

COMPOST; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MUSHROOM; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ASIA; EURASIA; IRAN; MIDDLE EAST;

BASIDIOMYCOTA; EISENIA ANDREI; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 55949120137     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-008-9172-6     Document Type: Article

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