Vermicomposting of vegetable wastes using cow dung

E-Journal of Chemistry

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 810-813

  Muthukumaravel, K ^a   Amsath, A ^a   Sukumaran, M ^b  

^a KHADIR MOHIDEEN COLLEGE   (India)

^b TAMIL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cow dung; Earthworm; NPK; Vegetable wastes

Indexed keywords

EID: 57349198808     PISSN: None     EISSN: 09734945     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/2008/572431     Document Type: Article

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