Earthworm production in cattle dung vermicomposting system under different stocking density loads

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 19, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 748-755

  Suthar, Surindra ^a,b  

^a BRG Govt Girls PG College   (India)

^b DOON UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Cattle dung; Cocoon; Earthworm; Growth rate; Perionyx excavatus; Stocking density

Indexed keywords

BIOMASS; CARRYING CAPACITY; CATTLE; COCOON; COMPOST; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; GROWTH RATE; STOCKING DENSITY;

ANIMAL; ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANNELID WORM; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; FECES; FEMALE; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INDIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGE; MALE; METHODOLOGY; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; TIME; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANIMAL HUSBANDRY; ANIMALS; BIOMASS; BODY WEIGHT; CATTLE; FECES; FEMALE; INDIA; LIFE CYCLE STAGES; MALE; OLIGOCHAETA; REPRODUCTION; SOIL; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

BOS; PERIONYX EXCAVATUS;

EID: 84857506380     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-011-0606-1     Document Type: Article

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