Nutrient recovery from apple pomace waste by vermicomposting technology

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 168, Issue , 2014, Pages 240-244

  Hanc, Ales ^a   Chadimova, Zuzana ^a  

^a CZECH UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES PRAGUE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Apple pomace; Earthworms; Straw; Vermicomposting

Indexed keywords

FRUITS; STRAW;

APPLE POMACE; EARTHWORMS; NEUTRAL PH; NUTRIENT RECOVERY; TOTAL CONTENT; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS; VERMI-COMPOSTING; VERMICOMPOSTS;

NUTRIENTS;

AGRICULTURAL CHEMICAL; MAGNESIUM; MINERAL; NITROGEN; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; CARBON; SOIL; WASTE;

AGROCHEMICAL; BIOMASS; BIOTECHNOLOGY; COMPOSTING; DECOMPOSITION; EARTHWORM; PH; STRAW;

APPLE; ARTICLE; BIOMASS; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; EARTHWORM; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; FEASIBILITY STUDY; NUTRIENT; PH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAW; VERMICOMPOST; WEIGHT; ANIMAL; BIOREMEDIATION; CHEMISTRY; ISOLATION AND PURIFICATION; MALUS; METABOLISM; OLIGOCHAETA; PROCEDURES; SOIL; WASTE; WASTE DISPOSAL;

MALUS X DOMESTICA;

ANIMALS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOMASS; CARBON; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MAGNESIUM; MALUS; NITROGEN; OLIGOCHAETA; PHOSPHORUS; POTASSIUM; REFUSE DISPOSAL; SOIL; WASTE PRODUCTS;

EID: 84904972534     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: 18732976     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2014.02.031     Document Type: Article

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