Compost maturity assessment using physicochemical, solid-state spectroscopy, and plant bioassay analysis

Journal of Agricultural and Food Chemistry

Volumn 61, Issue 47, 2013, Pages 11326-11331

  Kumar, D Senthil ^a   Kumar, P Satheesh ^b   Rajendran, N M ^c   Anbuganapathi, G ^a  

^a Department of Zoology   (India)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MESSINA   (Italy)

^c PONDICHERRY UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

13C CPMAS NMR; biofertilizers; compost maturity; FTIR; germination index; vermicompost

Indexed keywords

BIOFERTILIZERS; COMPOST MATURITY; CPMASNMR; FTIR; GERMINATION INDEX; VERMICOMPOSTS;

BIOASSAY; CULTIVATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; SPECTROSCOPIC ANALYSIS;

COMPOSTING;

CARBON; NITROGEN;

ANIMAL; ARTICLE; CHEMISTRY; FABACEAE; GERMINATION; GROWTH, DEVELOPMENT AND AGING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MICROBIOLOGY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOCHAETA; PH; PLANT SEED; SOIL;

ANIMALS; CARBON; FABACEAE; GERMINATION; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; SEEDS; SOIL; SOIL MICROBIOLOGY; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED;

EID: 84889859799     PISSN: 00218561     EISSN: 15205118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/jf4034943     Document Type: Article

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