Vermicomposting of food waste: Assessing the stability and maturity

Iranian Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering

Volumn 9, Issue 25, 2012, Pages

  Majlessi, Monireh ^a   Eslami, Akbar ^a   Najafi Saleh, Hossein ^b   Mirshafieean, Simin ^a   Babaii, Sara ^c  

^a SHAHID BEHESHTI UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

^b Neyshabour University of Medical Science   (Iran)

^c ZANJAN UNIVERSITY OF MEDICAL SCIENCES   (Iran)

Author keywords

Food waste; Germination index; Maturityindex; Stabilityindex; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

BIOASSAY; COMPOST; GERMINATION; OBSERVATIONAL METHOD; PARAMETERIZATION; PHYTOTOXICITY; VERMICULTURE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 84878154092     PISSN: 17351979     EISSN: 17352746     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1735-2746-9-25     Document Type: Article

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