Vermicomposting - An effective tool for the management of invasive weed Parthenium hysterophorus

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 102, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 5891-5895

  Yadav, Anoop ^a   Garg, V K ^a  

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

Author keywords

Cow dung; Eisenia fetida; Heavy metals; Parthenium hysterophorus; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

C:N RATIO; COW DUNG; EFFECTIVE TOOL; EISENIA FETIDA; INVASIVE WEED; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; VERMI-COMPOSTING;

HEAVY METALS;

HEAVY METAL;

BIOMASS; CALCIUM; COMPOSTING; EARTHWORM; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; GROWTH RATE; HEAVY METAL; INVASIVE SPECIES; MANAGEMENT PRACTICE; NITROGEN; ORGANIC CARBON; PH; PHOSPHORUS; VASCULAR PLANT; WEED;

ARTICLE; BIOMASS PRODUCTION; COCOON; COW; MANURE; NONHUMAN; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS; PH; PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERMICOMPOST; WEED;

ANALYSIS OF VARIANCE; ANIMALS; ASTERACEAE; BIOMASS; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; METALS, HEAVY; OLIGOCHAETA; SOIL;

EISENIA FETIDA; PARTHENIUM; PARTHENIUM HYSTEROPHORUS;

EID: 79955030793     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2011.02.062     Document Type: Article

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