Evaluation of maturity and stability parameters of composts prepared from agro-industrial wastes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 2868-2873

  Raj, Dev ^a   Antil, R S ^a  

^a CCS HARYANA AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Agro industrial wastes; C:N ratio; Compost; Germination index; Organic matter loss

Indexed keywords

AGRO-INDUSTRIAL WASTES; C:N RATIO; COMPOST; GERMINATION INDEX; ORGANIC MATTER;

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPOSTING; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; INDUSTRY; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC CARBON; SEWAGE SLUDGE;

EFFLUENTS;

FULVIC ACID; HUMIC ACID; ORGANIC CARBON; ORGANIC MATTER; WATER;

AGROINDUSTRY; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CORRELATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC MATTER; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; POULTRY; SEWAGE;

AGRICULTURAL LAND; AGRICULTURAL WASTE; ARTICLE; CATION EXCHANGE; COLOR; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; ENVIRONMENTAL TEMPERATURE; GERMINATION; HUMIFICATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ODOR; POULTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SLUDGE; SOLUBILITY; TOTAL ORGANIC CARBON;

AGRICULTURE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; SOIL;

EID: 78650843708     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2010.10.077     Document Type: Article

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