Recycling of solid organic wastes through vermicomposting: Microbial community changes throughout the process and use of vermicompost as a soil amendment

Critical Reviews in Environmental Science and Technology

Volumn 44, Issue 12, 2014, Pages 1289-1312

  Gomez Brandon M ^a   Dominguez J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF INNSBRUCK   (Austria)

^b UNIVERSITY OF VIGO   (Spain)

Author keywords

Animal manures; Eisenia andrei; epigeic earthworms; organic matter decomposition; pest suppression

Indexed keywords

BIOGEOCHEMISTRY; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; FERTILIZERS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; SOILS; WASTES;

ANIMAL MANURE; EISENIA ANDREI; EPIGEIC EARTHWORMS; ORGANIC MATTER DECOMPOSITION; PEST SUPPRESSION;

MICROORGANISMS;

ORGANIC MATTER;

COMPOSTING; COST; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; MICROBIAL COMMUNITY; MICROBIAL DIVERSITY; NONHUMAN; ORGANIC WASTE; PEST CONTROL; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOIL AMENDMENT; SOLID WASTE; VERMICOMPOST;

EID: 84901329101     PISSN: 10643389     EISSN: 15476537     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10643389.2013.763588     Document Type: Review

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