Recycling of environmentally problematic plant wastes generated from greenhouse tomato crops through vermicomposting

International Journal of Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 10, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 697-708

  Fernandez Gomez M J ^a   Diaz Ravina M ^b   Romero, E ^a   Nogales, R ^a  

^a CSIC   (Spain)

^b Instituto de Investigaciones Agrobiológicas de Galicia del Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Científicas   (Spain)

Author keywords

Biostabilization; Eisenia fetida earthworms; Enzyme activity; Microbial phospholipid fatty acids; Paper mill sludge

Indexed keywords

BIOSTABILIZATION; EISENIA FETIDA; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITIES; PAPER-MILL SLUDGE; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACID ANALYSIS; PHOSPHOLIPID FATTY ACIDS;

ENZYME ACTIVITY; FRUITS; GREENHOUSES; MIXTURES; PHOSPHOLIPIDS; RECYCLING;

WASTES;

EID: 84878233537     PISSN: 17351472     EISSN: 17352630     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s13762-013-0239-7     Document Type: Article

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