Role of Eisenia fetida in rapid recycling of nutrients from bio sludge of beverage industry

Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety

Volumn 73, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 430-435

  Singh, J ^a   Kaur, A ^a   Vig, A P ^a   Rup, P J ^a  

^a GURU NANAK DEV UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Beverage industry waste; Bio sludge; Earthworm; Eisenia fetida; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; SODIUM;

COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; MORTALITY; RECYCLING; SLUDGE;

ANIMAL FOOD; ARTICLE; BEVERAGE; BIODEGRADATION; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COCOON; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; EISENIA FOETIDA; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FERTILITY; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL SLUDGE; INOCULATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; NONHUMAN; NUTRIENT CYCLING; PH MEASUREMENT; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; POPULATION GROWTH; RECYCLING; SLUDGE TREATMENT; SURVIVAL RATE; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BEVERAGES; BIOREACTORS; CATTLE; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; FOOD; FOOD INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; LONGEVITY; MANURE; OLIGOCHAETA; POPULATION DENSITY; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SEWAGE; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS; TOXICITY TESTS;

BOS; EISENIA FETIDA;

EID: 77649191181     PISSN: 01476513     EISSN: 10902414     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ecoenv.2009.08.019     Document Type: Article

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