Pilot-scale vermicomposting of pineapple wastes with earthworms native to Accra, Ghana

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 100, Issue 23, 2009, Pages 5872-5875

  Mainoo, Nana O K ^a   Barrington, Suzelle ^a   Whalen, Joann K ^a   Sampedro, Luis ^b  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Centro de Investigacions Forestais e Ambientais de Lourizan   (Spain)

Author keywords

Accra; Nutrient content; Pathogen loads; Pineapple waste; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

ACCRA; ALKALINE PH; BATH HOUSE; C:N RATIO; CONTROL BOX; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; INITIAL PH; LOW COST TECHNOLOGY; NUTRIENT CONTENT; ORGANIC WASTES; PILOT SCALE; PINEAPPLE WASTE; SOIL AMENDMENT; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOST; VERMICOMPOSTS;

ESCHERICHIA COLI; NUTRIENTS; SEWAGE; SOILS;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM;

COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; PATHOGEN; RECYCLING; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ALKALINITY; ARTICLE; ASPERGILLUS; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPOST; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; GHANA; NONHUMAN; PH; PINEAPPLE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALMONELLA; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AGRICULTURE; ANANAS; ANIMALS; ASPERGILLUS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; ECOSYSTEM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GHANA; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OLIGOCHAETA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SALMONELLA; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY;

ACCRA; AFRICA; GHANA; GREATER ACCRA; SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA; WEST AFRICA;

ANANAS COMOSUS; ASPERGILLUS; ESCHERICHIA COLI; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; SALMONELLA;

EID: 68649099373     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2009.06.058     Document Type: Article

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