Overview

Composting is the aerobic decomposition of biodegradable organic matter, producing compost. Compost products can be used as a high quality and hygienically safe fertiliser. Composting can be divided into home composting and industrial composting. Essentially the same biological processes are involved in both scales of composting, however techniques and different factors must be taken into account. This new book provides a short historic survey of composting which has been performed since the beginning of agriculture and horticulture as it can be operated with marginal technical equipment. This book also presents new methodologies including the use of earthworms in agroecosystems and ways to address problems that occur in a composting reactor that can be solved by a better understanding of the microbial community.

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Author:   Joseph C Pereira ,  John L Bolin
Publisher:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Imprint:   Nova Science Publishers Inc
Weight:   0.806kg
ISBN:  

9781607414384

ISBN 10:   1607414384
Pages:   316
Publication Date:   18 January 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   Available To Order  
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Table of Contents

Preface; Resource Recovery by Composting Materials, Techniques, Quality Assessment; Succession & Phylogenetic Composition of Microbial Communities Responsible for the Composting process of Rice Straw; The Effect of Composting on the Survival of Parasitic Germs; Pedofauna Biodiversity & Soil Indicators In A Venezuelan Amazonian Sandy Savanna Soil Long-Term Amended With Low Inputs of In Situ Produced Compost; Analysis of the bacterial community & its succession in the compost by using molecular biological methods, 16S rRNA gene clone analysis & denaturing gradient gel electrophoresis analysis; Effect of continuous compost application on carbon & nitrogen contents of whole soils & their particle size fractions in a field subjected to mainly double cropping; Biotic Landfill Ch4 Emission Abatement Using Bio-Waste Compost as a Landfill Cover;; In-vessel Composting as a Sustainable Bioremediation Technology of Contaminated Soils & Waste; Lignocellulolytic Microorganisms from a Composting Habitat: Current & Future Prospects; New Trends in Assessment of Compostability of Biodegradable Polymeric Packages; Index.

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