Comparison of some novel polyculture and tradition...

Comparison of some novel polyculture and traditional monoculture vermicomposting reactors t decompose  organic wastes Surindra Suthara,*, Sushma Singhb a Environmental Biology Laboratory, Post-Graduate Department of Zoology, B.R.G. Govt. Girls (PG)    College, Sri Ganganagar 335001, India b Department of Chemistry, N.M. PG College, Hanumangarh 335513, India The greater microbial density and activities, as measured...

Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitr...

 Chloroform fumigation and the release of soil nitrogen:  A rapid direct extraction method to measure microbial biomass Nitrogen in soil P. C. Brookes, Andrea Landman,* G. Pruden* and D. S. Jenkinson Soils and Plant Nutrition Department, Rothamsted Experimental Station, Harpenden, Her&. AL5 214, U.K. he fumigation-extraction method has certain advantages over biomass N measurements by fumigation-incubation. The...

Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity...

Characterization of Fungal Biodiversity  In Compost and Vermicompost  Antonella Anastasi, Giovanna C. Varese, Samuele Voyron, Silvano  Scannerini  and Valeria Filipello Marchisio Dipartimento di Biologia Vegetale Universitti degli Studi di Torino, Italy These results constitute a contribution to microbiological understanding of commercial composts, whose fungal component is often overlooked despite the favorable...