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- Title
CORRELATIONS BETWEEN COMPOSTING CONDITIONS AND CHARACTERISTICS OF COMPOST AS BIOFERTILIZER.
- Authors
ZAHA, C.; DUMITRESCU, L.; MANCIULEA, I.
- Abstract
Among the conditions determined by various authors for compost to be used as agricultural fertilizer are: pH 6-9, EC less than 3.5mS/cm, C/N ratio 26-35 and a GI above 80-85%. This study analyses three samples of composts with different percentage of vegetable waste, sewage sludge and sawdust. The samples were tested at the Transilvania University laboratory for 9 weeks and the test results fit the conditions mentioned above: pH 8.12- 8.57, EC 1.97-3.04 mS/cm, C/N ratio 25.9-32.8 and GI 128.6-189.5% for radish seeds and 100-182% for cabbage seeds. These test results along with the evolution of FTIR spectra of the compost samples confirm the potential for compost samples to be used as fertilizers in agriculture.
- Subjects
BIOFERTILIZERS; COMPOSTING; WOOD waste; SEWAGE sludge; BIOLOGICAL assay; EQUIPMENT &; supplies
- Publication
Bulletin of the Transilvania University of Brasov, Series I: Engineering Sciences, 2013, Vol 6, Issue 1, p51
- ISSN
2065-2119
- Publication type
Article