Bioconversion of herbal industry waste into vermicompost using an epigeic earthworm Eudrilus eugeniae

Waste Management and Research

Volumn 29, Issue 11, 2011, Pages 1205-1212

  Kumari, Mamta ^a   Kumar, Sudhir ^a   Chauhan, Rajinder Singh ^a   Ravikanth, K ^b  

^a JAYPEE UNIVERSITY OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY   (India)

^b Ayurvet Limited   (India)

Author keywords

C: N ratio; chlorophyll and carotene; Eudrilus eugeniae; Organic waste; vermicompost

Indexed keywords

C: N RATIO; COW DUNG; DEGREE OF STABILIZATION; EPIGEIC EARTHWORMS; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; FRESH WEIGHT; INDUSTRY WASTES; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC WASTES; PISUM SATIVUM; TOTAL YIELD; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTS;

AGRICULTURE; CHLOROPHYLL; SEWAGE; SUBSTRATES;

INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL;

CARBON; CAROTENOID; CHLOROPHYLL; COMPOST; CROP YIELD; DICOTYLEDON; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MINERALIZATION; NITROGEN; ORGANIC FARMING; SUBSTRATE; SUSTAINABILITY; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ARTICLE; BIOTRANSFORMATION; EARTHWORM; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MARIGOLD; ORGANIC FARMING; ORGANIC WASTE; PEA; PRIORITY JOURNAL; VERMICOMPOST; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; CATTLE; HERBAL MEDICINE; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; MANURE; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; SOIL POLLUTANTS;

EID: 82555171629     PISSN: 0734242X     EISSN: 10963669     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X10384432     Document Type: Article

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