Olaniyi et al. .... J. Appl. Biosci. 2009. Chromolaena odorata compost Journal of Applied Biosciences 22: 1289 - 1293 ISSN 1997–5902 Effect of different methods of Chromolaena odorata compost preparation on the growth and yield of cucumber (Cucumis sativa) in southwestern Nigeria * Olaniyi, J.O., Akanbi, W.B., Olabiyi, T.I. and Akpede O.E. Department of ...
Int.J.Curr.Microbiol.App.Sci (2020) 9(8): 281-290 International Journal of Current Microbiology and Applied Sciences ISSN: 2319-7706 Volume 9 Number 8 (2020) Journal homepage: http://www.ijcmas.com Original Research Article https://doi.org/10.20546/ijcmas.2020.908.033 A New Method of Compost Preparation from Vegetable Waste and Dried Leaf Litters A. G. Girish*, P. Sakthivel and Alice R.P. Sujeetha National Institute of Plant Health Management, Ministry of Agriculture and Farmers Welfare, Govt. of India, Rajendranagar, Hyderabad – 500030 ...
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURE & BIOLOGY 1560–8530/2006/08–1–129–131 http://www.fspublishers.org Effect of Different Methods of Compost Preparation and Lime Concentration on the Yield of Pleurotus sajor-caju 1 MUHAMMAD NASIR SHAHID , NADEEM AKHTAR ABBASI AND NADIA SALEEM Department of Horticulture, University of Arid Agriculture, Rawalpindi-Pakistan 1 Corresponding author’s e-mail: khattack223@yahoo.com ABSTRACT This study was undertaken during 2002-2003 at NLC Mushroom Project, Rawalpindi to investigate the effect of different methods of compost preparation (wetting & ...
3 GENERAL MATERIALS AND METHODS 3.1 HOME COMPOSTING TRIAL 3.1.1 Preparation and rationale The Home Composting Study Area (Section 2.3) was based on 3 refuse collection rounds in the Chertsey, Thorpe and Hythe areas (Figure 2.4). A statistically designed factorial trial was established with the co-operation of 64 homeowners in the Study Area with the following objectives: • to quantify the potential extent of reductions in domestic waste disposal to landfill by home composting (HC) ...
FACULTY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES AND ALLIED INDUSTRIES Lecture 2: Properties and methods of preparation of farmyard manure and compost A. Bulky organic manures Definition: Bulky organic manures are those materials of plant and /or animal origin, which when added to the soil have tendency to decrease bulk density and to increase soil volume ,thus providing better physical conditions for plant growth especially in coarse textured soils and also provide essential nutrients in smaller quantities than the chemical fertilizers . Characteristics of ...