Compost production from Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) employing bioinoculants

International Journal of Environment and Waste Management

Volumn 2, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 572-583

  Saha, Siddhartha ^a   Pradhan, Kaviraj ^a   Sharma, Satyawati ^a   Alappat, B J ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY DELHI   (India)

Author keywords

Azotobacter sp.; Bioinoculants; MSW; Municipal solid waste; Penicillium sp.; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; FERTILIZERS; NITROGEN FIXATION;

AZOTOBACTER CHROOCOCCUM; AZOTOBACTER SP; BIO-INOCULANTS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE (MSW); NITROGEN FIXING BACTERIA; PENICILLIUM CHRYSOGENUM; PENICILLIUM SP; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

EID: 57849153550     PISSN: 14789876     EISSN: 14789868     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJEWM.2008.021861     Document Type: Article

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