Vermicompost derived from different feedstocks as a plant growth medium

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 101, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 4479-4483

  Warman, P R ^a   AngLopez, M J ^a  

^a DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Feedstock; Germination; Plant bioassay; Vermicompost maturity

Indexed keywords

A PLANTS; CATTLE MANURES; EISENIA FETIDA; INDEPENDENT VARIABLES; LEAF AREA; PAPER WASTES; PLANT BIOASSAY; PLANT BIOASSAYS; PLANT BIOMASS; QUALITY INDICATORS; SEED GERMINATION; SOIL MIXTURES; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTS; WATER CONTROL; WATER EXTRACTS; YARD WASTES;

BIOASSAY; BIOMASS; MANURES; PLANT LIFE EXTENSION; SEED; SOILS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION;

FEEDSTOCKS;

BIOASSAY; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; EXTRACTION METHOD; GERMINATION; LEAF AREA;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRESS; CULTURE MEDIUM; EARTHWORM; EISINIA FETIDA; GERMINATION; MARIGOLD; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; NONHUMAN; PLANT GROWTH; POPULATION GROWTH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RADISH; VERMICOMPOST;

ANIMALS; BARBAREA; CULTURE MEDIA; GERMINATION; OLIGOCHAETA; PLANT LEAVES; PLANTS; RAPHANUS; SEEDS; SOIL; WATER;

BARBAREA VULGARIS; BOS; EISENIA FETIDA; RAPHANUS SATIVUS;

EID: 77649339663     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.01.098     Document Type: Article

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