Composting versus vermicomposting: A comparative study of organic matter evolution through straight and combined processes

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 118, Issue , 2012, Pages 296-305

  Fornes, Fernando ^a   Mendoza Hernández, Daicy ^a   García de la Fuente, Rosana ^a   Abad, Manuel ^a   Belda, Rosa M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Compost; Nutrient leaching; Organic substrate; Organic waste reclamation; Vermicompost

Indexed keywords

COMPARATIVE STUDIES; COMPOST; EISENIA; FORCED AERATION; NUTRIENT LEACHING; ORGANIC MATERIALS; ORGANIC SUBSTRATE; ORGANIC WASTES; PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL CHARACTERISTICS; RUTGERS; SMALL PARTICLES; TOMATO CROPS; TOTAL NITROGEN; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTS;

ALKALINITY; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; LEACHING; METALS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; PILES; WASTE TREATMENT; WASTES;

COMPOSTING;

ORGANIC MATTER; TOMATO CROP WASTE; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

AERATION; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; HORTICULTURE; LEACHING; ORGANIC MATTER; PARTICLE SIZE; PH; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PROPERTY; PHYTOTOXICITY;

AERATION; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; EISENIA (ANNELID); IRRIGATION (AGRICULTURE); LEACHING; MOLECULAR EVOLUTION; NONHUMAN; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SALINITY; VERMICOMPOSTING;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; ORGANIC CHEMICALS; PHYSICOCHEMICAL PHENOMENA; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL;

LYCOPERSICON ESCULENTUM;

EID: 84862189528     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2012.05.028     Document Type: Article

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