Co-composting of empty fruit bunches and partially treated palm oil mill effluents in pilot scale

International Journal of Agricultural Research

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 69-78

  Baharuddin, A S ^a   Wakisaka, M ^a   Shirai, Y ^a   Abd Aziz, Suraini ^b   Abdul Rahman, N A ^b   Hassan, M A ^b  

^a KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY PUTRA MALAYSIA   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Composting; Empty fruit bunch; Partially treated palm oil mill effluent

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 58549086950     PISSN: 18164897     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3923/ijar.2009.69.78     Document Type: Article

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