Biocontained Mortality Compost Using Liquid Manure

Compost Science and Utilization

Volumn 17, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 158-165

  Stanford, K ^a   Xu, W ^a,c   McAllister, T A ^b   Reuter, T ^b   Moyer, J R ^b   Larney, F J ^b  

^a ALBERTA AGRICULTURE AND RURAL DEVELOPMENT   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

^c DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINS; FERTILIZERS; LIQUIDS; MANURES; PORE SIZE; WEED CONTROL;

BARLEY STRAWS; C:N RATIO; DISEASE OUTBREAKS; LIQUID MANURE; PEAK TEMPERATURES; SOLID MANURE; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; WEED SEED;

COMPOSTING;

ANIMAL; COMPOSTING; CONTAINMENT; DECOMPOSITION; DISEASE SPREAD; HEATING; LIVESTOCK; MANURE; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

AVENA FATUA; CONVOLVULUS; HORDEUM; TARAXACUM OFFICINALE; THLASPI; THLASPI ARVENSE;

EID: 70350156920     PISSN: 1065657X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1065657X.2009.10702417     Document Type: Article

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