Composting and vermicomposting of cattle manure and green wastes under tropical conditions: Carbon and nutrient balances and end-product quality

Soil Research

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 142-151

  Sierra, J ^a   Desfontaines, L ^a   Faverial, J ^a   Loranger Merciris, G ^a,b   Boval, M ^c  

^a UR1321   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DES ANTILLES ET DE LA GUYANE   (France)

^c Unite de Recherches Zootechniques Pointe a Pitre   (Guadeloupe)

Author keywords

Eudrilus eugeniae; humification; organic matter; respiration; stabilisation; thermophilic.

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGICAL INDICATORS; EUDRILUS EUGENIAE; HUMIFICATION; MATERIAL SOURCES; NITROGEN CONTENT; RESPIRATION; THERMOPHILIC; TROPICAL CONDITIONS;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; CALCIUM; CARBON; CHEMICAL STABILITY; COMPOSTING; MANURES; NITROGEN; NUTRIENTS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; STABILIZATION;

TROPICS;

BIODEGRADATION; CATTLE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; COMPOST; EARTHWORM; HUMIFICATION; MANURE; METAL; MINERALIZATION; NUTRIENT BUDGET; PHYSIOLOGICAL RESPONSE; SOIL CARBON; SOIL MICROORGANISM; SOIL NUTRIENT; SOIL ORGANIC MATTER; SOIL RESPIRATION; SOIL STABILIZATION; SOIL TEMPERATURE; THERMOPHILIC BACTERIUM; TROPICAL SOIL; WASTE;

EID: 84878085634     PISSN: 1838675X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1071/SR13031     Document Type: Article

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