Potential of vermicomposting technology in solid waste management

Current developments in solid-state fermentation

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 468-511

  Garg, Vinod Kumar ^a   Gupta, Renuka ^a   Yadav, Anoop ^a  

^a GURU JAMBHESHWAR UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

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DOI: 10.1007/978-0-387-75213-6_20     Document Type: Chapter

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