Increased total nitrogen content of poultry manure by decreasing water content through composting processes

Soil Science and Plant Nutrition

Volumn 57, Issue 5, 2011, Pages 705-709

  Murakami, Keiichi ^a,d   Hara, Masayuki ^a   Kondo, Takuya ^b   Hashimoto, Yohey ^c  

^a Mie Prefecture Agricultural Research Institute   (Japan)

^b Suzuka Poultry Co Inc   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^d Mie Prefecture Department of Agriculture Fisheries Commerce and Industry   (Japan)

Author keywords

Composting; Manure; Nitrogen fertilizer; Poultry; Uric acid

Indexed keywords

EID: 84855579453     PISSN: 00380768     EISSN: 17470765     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00380768.2011.616856     Document Type: Article

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