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  • 标题:Vermicomposting of food waste: assessing the stability and maturity
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  • 作者:Monireh Majlessi ; Akbar Eslami ; Hossein Najafi Saleh
  • 期刊名称:Journal of Environmental Health Science and Engineering
  • 印刷版ISSN:2052-336X
  • 出版年度:2012
  • 卷号:9
  • 期号:1
  • 页码:25
  • DOI:10.1186/1735-2746-9-25
  • 语种:English
  • 出版社:BioMed Central
  • 摘要:

    The vermicompost using earthworms (Eisenia Fetida) was produced from food waste and chemical parameters (EC, pH, carbon to nitrogen contents (C/N)) and germination bioassay was examined in order to assess the stability and maturity indicators during the vermicomposting process. The seed used in the germination bioassay was cress. The ranges of EC, pH, C/N and germination index were 7.5-4.9 mS/cm, 5.6-7.53, 30.13-14.32% and 12.8-58.4%, respectively. The germination index (GI) value revealed that vermicompost rendered as moderate phytotoxic to cress seed. Pearson correlation coefficient was used to evaluate the relationship between the parameters. High statistically significant correlation coefficient was calculated between the GI value and EC in the vermicompost at the 99% confidence level. The C/N value showed that the vermicompost was stable. As a result of these observations, stability test alone, was not able to ensure high vermicompost quality. Therefore, it appears that determining vermicompost quality requires a simultaneous use of maturity and stability tests.

  • 关键词:Vermicomposting; Food waste; Stabilityindex; Maturityindex; Germination index
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