Compost quality prepared from locally available plant biomass and their effect on rice productivity under organic production system

Journal of Sustainable Agriculture

Volumn 34, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 466-482

  Das, Anup ^a   Baiswar, Pankaj ^a   Patel, D P ^a   Munda, G C ^a   Ghosh, P K ^a   Ngachan, S V ^a   Panwar, A S ^a   Chandra, Satish ^a  

^a ICAR RESEARCH COMPLEX FOR NEH REGION   (India)

Author keywords

Biomass; Composting; Hill ecosystem; Organic production system; Productivity; Rice

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; ASPERGILLUS TERREUS; AZADIRACHTA INDICA; AZOTOBACTER; BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); EUPATORIUM; HYPOCREA LIXII; LANTANA; LANTANA CAMARA; ORYZA SATIVA; PAENIBACILLUS POLYMYXA; PSEUDOMONAS; PSEUDOMONAS PUTIDA;

EID: 77953510500     PISSN: 10440046     EISSN: 15407578     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10440046.2010.484670     Document Type: Article

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