Development of an alternative artificial soil for earthworm toxicity testing in tropical countries

Applied Soil Ecology

Volumn 43, Issue 2-3, 2009, Pages 170-174

  De Silva, P Mangala C S ^a,b   van Gestel, Cornelis A M ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY OF RUHUNA   (Sri Lanka)

Author keywords

Artificial soil; Coco peat; OECD soil; Paddy husk; Saw dust

Indexed keywords

EISENIA ANDREI; INVERTEBRATA; SPHAGNUM;

EID: 70349771781     PISSN: 09291393     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.apsoil.2009.07.002     Document Type: Article

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