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CHEMICO-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR EVALUATING COMPOST QUALITY

Article number

302_24

Pages

267 – 278

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Abstract

Field application of compost can only be allowed for quality composts having reached a maturity degree which will not damage crops.
It is therefore necessary to state basic criteria for compost characterization.
This paper reports some chemical, physical and biological parameters for evaluating the maturity and stability of composts of different origin.

Special attention was paied to the evaluation of humified organic substances (humic acids and fulvic acids) and to the biological assays giving a comprehensive judgement on compost stability (phytotoxicity assay, nitrogen mineralization and respiration assay).

Publication

International Symposium on Compost Recycling of Wastes

Authors

P. Nappi, R. Barberis, M. Consiglio, A.M. Ciccotti, G. Zorgi, S. Sivestri

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Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1992.302.24

Online Articles (38)

2. EMISSIONS FROM COMPOSTING PLANTS

Dr. W. Bidlingmaier

3. CONTENTS OF HEAVY METALS IN COMPOST FROM SOURCE SEPARATED WASTE IN DENMARK – EXAMINATION OF SAMPLING RELIABILITY

L. Nielsen | I. Küger

4. A COMPOSTING PLANT AS AN ODOUR SOURCE, COMPOST AS AN ODOUR KILLER

W.J. Homans | K. Fischer

5. QUANTITY AND QUALITY OF SEPARATELY COLLECTED BIOWASTE IN WEST GERMANY

U. Krogmann

6. SOIL FERTILITY IMPROVEMENT AND POLLUTION RISKS FROM THE USE OF COMPOSTS REFERRED TO N, P, K AND C BALANCE.

B. Lionello | D. Francesco

7. HEAVY METAL REMOVAL BY ZEOLITE IN TOMATO CULTIVATION USING COMPOST

E.G. Kapetanios | M. Loizidou

8. THE RUTGERS STRATEGY FOR COMPOSTING: PROCESS DESIGN AND CONTROL

M.S. Finstein | F.C. Miller | S.T. MacGregor | K.M. Psarianos

9. EFFECT OF AERATION RATE ON OXYGEN CONSUMPTION RATE OF COMPOST

H. Kaneko | K. Fujita

10. COMPOSTING PLANTS: CONCEPTION CRITERIA FOR CONCILIATION OF TREATMENT AND MARKETING REQUIREMENTS

J. Merillot

11. THE PROBLEM OF SEWAGE SLUDGE MANAGEMENT OF PSITTALIA’S ISLAND WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT, IN ATTICA

D. Aimilia | F. Helen | K. Efstratia | K. G. Evangelos

12. COMPOSTING OF SEWAGE SLUDGE AND STRAW: LABORATORY SCALE SIMULATION AND EVALUATION OF SELECTED TEMPERATURES AND EFFECT ON COMPOSTING PERFORMANCE

E. Walter | J.M. Lopez-Real | J. Wharfe

13. COMPOSTING STUDIES USING SEPARATED FRACTION OF URBAN WASTE FROM THE BYKER RECLAMATION PLANT, NEW CASTLE, UNITED KINGDOM

R.P. Bardos

14. PILOT AND FULL-SCALE EXPERIENCES ON SLUDGES AND SOLID WASTES COMPOSTING

F. Angiolo

15. A LOW COST CONTROLLED WINDROW SYSTEM

J.T. Pereira Neto | E.I. Stentiford

16. RABBIT MANURE COMPOSTING

X. Vall-llossera | J. Voltas | M. Pujolà | M. Soliva

17. INTERNATIONAL SOCIETY FOR HORTICULTURAL SCIENCE

D. ir. O. Verdonck | D. ir. R. Gabriels

18. COMPOSTING OF THREE KINDS OF RESIDUES OF VERY DIFFERENT ORIGIN

M. Soliva | F. Giró

19. EFFECT OF TOWN REFUSE COMPOST AS SOIL AMENDMENT ON GREENHOUSE TOMATO CROP

V.I. Manios | E. Kapetanios

20. COMPOSTING SEWAGE SLUDGE WASTES IN RELATION TO THEIR SUITABILITY FOR USE AS FERTILIZER MATERIALS FOR VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION

S. R. Smith | Jeremy E. Hall | P. Hadley

21. THE USE OF COMPOST AS A SOIL AMENDMENT

Y. Avnimelech | M. Kochva | Y. Yotal | D. Shkedy

22. EVALUATION OF COMPOSTED SEWAGE SLUDGE/STRAW FOR THE RECLAMATION OF DERELICT LAND: THE RECLAMATION OF COLLIERY SPOIL

S.L. Atkinson | J.M. Lopez-Real | G.P. Buckley

23. WASTE MATERIALS AS POTTING MEDIA FOR OLIVE GROWTH

M. Tattini | M.L. Traversi | R. Barberis | P. Nappi | P. Kociolek

24. A COMBINED PROCESS FOR FASTCOMPOSTING, BIOTECHNOLOGICAL CO₂ PRODUCTION AND UTILIZATION OF HEAT LOSS FOR HORTICULTURE

D. Beck | K. Soyez | M. Prause | K. Fieback

25. CHEMICO-PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR EVALUATING COMPOST QUALITY

P. Nappi | R. Barberis | M. Consiglio | A.M. Ciccotti | G. Zorgi | S. Sivestri

26. NITROGEN MINERALIZATION STUDY IN COMPOST

M. Navarro | M. Pujolà | M. Soliva | Ma. A. Garau

27. RESEARCH OF THE MARKET AND MANAGEMENT OF THE ORGANOHUMIC MATERIALS IN THE ATTIKA AND BOEOTIA REGION, GREECE

K. Christoulas | E. Kapetanios

28. MICROBIAL STARTER CULTURES FOR DIRECTED COMPOSTING

L. Sáry | Zs. Dér | L. Küsz | R.P. Tengerdy | Gy. Szakács

29. ELIMINATION OF CUCUMBER GREEN MOTTLE MOSAIC TOBAMOVIRUS BY COMPOSTING INFECTED CUCUMBER RESIDUES

A.D. Avgelis | V.I. Manios

30. ECONOMIC EVALUATION OF COMPOST USE: SHORT-TERM RESULTS ON A MAIZE CROP

D. Francesco | B. Lionello

31. THE USE OF ORGANIC WASTE MATERIALS AS ORGANIC FERTILIZERS – RECYCLING OF PLANT NUTRIENTS

R. Gajdos

32. URBAN SOLID WASTE PROCESSED BY MEANS OF COMPOSTING AND INCINERATION WITH ENERGY RECOVERY

F. Angiolo

33. ENHANCED DIRECT COMPOSTING OF SLUDGE IN A VERTICAL BIOREACTOR

F. Angiolo

34. THE POSSIBLE USE OF A PHYTODEWATERED SEWAGE SLUDGE AS SUBSTRATE

R. Pini | G. Vigna Guidi | M.C. Negri

35. CO-COMPOSTING AS ULTIMATE STEP FOR RECLAIMING DIGESTED ORGANIC FRACTION OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE AS AGRICULTURAL FERTILIZER

G. Vallini | A. Pera | J. Mata-Alvarez | F. Cecchi

36. VEGETABLE RESIDUES FROM GARDEN/PRODUCE MARKETS AS RECYCLABLE BIOMASS FOR HIGH-QUALITY COMPOST PRODUCTION

G. Vallini | A. Pera | E. Nizzi | L. Tortorella | A. Ciurli

37. DEVELOPMENT OF A METHOD FOR THE ISOLATION OF LISTERIA MONOCYTOGENES FROM COMPOST

J. Robinson | P.J. Naylor | E.I. Stentiford

38. HEAVY METAL SPECIATION IN COMPOST WITH A VIEW TO ITS AGRICULTURAL USE

G. Petruzzelli | I. Szymura | L. Lubrano | B. Pezzarossa | S. Cervelli