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Co-composting of coconut coir pith with solid poultry manure
Coir pith, a ligno-cellulosic biomass formed during extraction of coir fibre from coconut husk, accumu- lates as a waste material near coir processing factories causing environmental and disposal problems. The feasibility of co-composting coir pith with solid poul- try manure was tested with and wit...
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| Format: | Printed Book |
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CURRENT SCIENCE
2013
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| Online adgang: | http://10.26.1.76/ks/008173.pdf |
| Summary: | Coir pith, a ligno-cellulosic biomass formed during
extraction of coir fibre from coconut husk, accumu-
lates as a waste material near coir processing factories
causing environmental and disposal problems. The
feasibility of co-composting coir pith with solid poul-
try manure was tested with and without lime and rock
phosphate amendment. The results revealed that the
composting process facilitated by poultry manure
amendment brought about bioconversion of coir pith
to a final product in 45 days and the final product
possessed physico-chemical characteristics required
for quality organic manure. C : N ratio, which is con-
sidered as a maturity index of composting process,
reduced during the composting process, to 21.42. The
results of plant test using cowpea as bioassay plant
revealed that the compost reached adequate maturity
from biological point of view for use as an organic
input in crop production. |
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| Fysisk beskrivelse: | VOL. 104, NO. 2, 25 JANUARY 2013 |