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THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMPOSTED ORGANIC RESIDUES INTO EFFECTIVE GROWING MEDIA

Article number

469_7

Pages

79 – 88

Language

Abstract

Publication

International Symposium on Composting & Use of Composted Material in Horticulture

Authors

A. Rainbow, N. Wilson

Keywords

Green waste, pH, phosphoric acid, Antirrhinum, Stock, Tomato

Full text

https://doi.org/10.17660/ActaHortic.1998.469.7

Online Articles (49)

2. HIGH QUALITY COMPOST FROM HOUSEHOLD SOLID WASTE: FACT OR FICTION?

P. Schauner

3. COMPOSTING IN A MUNICIPAL RECYCLING PROGRAMME – THE DUNDEE EXPERIENCE

A. K.G. Lamont

4. LIMING AND NUTRIENT SUPPLY PROPERTIES OF N-VIRO TREATED SEWAGE SLUDGE

B. Chambers | F. Nicholson | M. Aitken

5. POTENTIAL FOR CO-UTILISATION OF ROCKDUST AND COMPOSTED MATERIAL

R. A.K. Szmidt | J. Ferguson | S. McLennan | Cedric A. Wilkins

6. THE COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT OF A SUSTAINABLE PEAT ALTERNATIVE SUBSTRATE FROM LOCALLY DERIVED INDUSTRIAL BY-PRODUCTS

Neil C. Bragg

7. EVALUATING THE FEASIBILITY OF BIOLOGICAL WASTE PROCESSING FOR LONG TERM SPACE MISSIONS

J.L. Garland | M.P. Alazraki | C.F. Atkinson | B.W. Finger

8. THE TRANSFORMATION OF COMPOSTED ORGANIC RESIDUES INTO EFFECTIVE GROWING MEDIA

A. Rainbow | N. Wilson

9. EFFECTS OF PROCESS CONDITIONS ON COMPOSTING EFFICIENCY AND NITROGEN IMMOBILIZATION DURING COMPOSTING OF MANURE IN A DRUM COMPOSTING SYSTEM

Arja H. Vuorinen | M. H. Saharinen

10. INFLUENCE OF BIOWASTE COMPOSITION AND COMPOSTING PARAMETERS ON THE NITROGEN DYNAMICS DURING COMPOSTING AND ON NITROGEN CONTENTS IN COMPOSTS

I. Körner | R. Stegmann

11. WATER-EXTRACTABLE COMPONENTS RELEASED DURING COMPOSTING OF MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE

B. Chefetz | Y. Chen | Y. Hadar

12. BIOLOGICAL PARAMETERS FOR COMPOST STABILITY ASSESSMENT AND PROCESS EVALUATION

K.E. Lasaridi | E.I. Stentiford

13. CONSEQUENCES OF ORGANIC MATTER BIODEGRADABILITY ON THE PHYSICAL, CHEMICAL PARAMETERS OF SUBSTRATES

14. USING A DRUM COMPOSTER TO PRODUCE COMPOST FROM CATTLE MANURE

S. Malkki | E. Klemola

15. EFFICIENT BIOCONVERSION OF SOLID AND LIQUID ORGANIC WASTE – COMPOSTING AND ANAEROBIC DIGESTION IN NOVEL SYSTEMS

R. Gajdos

16. WASTEWATER BIOSOLIDS TO GARDEN CENTRE PRODUCTS VIA COMPOSTING

T. Evans | A. Rainbow

17. COMPOST SPECIFICATIONS

O. Verdonck

18. THE DEVELOPMENT OF METHODS TO DETERMINE WEED SEED CONTAMINATION IN MUNICIPAL COMPOSTS

Andrea C. Grundy | J. M. Green | B. Bond | S. Burston | M. Lennartsson

19. QUALITY OF COMPOSTS AND EC LEGISLATION

R. Gabriëls

20. COMPOSTING IN ADVANCED LIFE SUPPORT SYSTEMS

Cheryl F. Atkinson | John C. Sager | M. Alazraki | C. Loader

21. CATTLE MANURE COMPOST AS A SUBSTRATE. I- STATIC OR DYNAMIC COMPOSTING STRATEGIES

R. Cáceres | C. Olivella | A.M. Puerta | O. Marfà

22. APPLICATION OF SIMULATION MODELS TO PREDICT COMPOST EFFECT ON GROWTH SUBSTRATE PROPERTIES – PRESENTATION OF A PRELIMINARY PROJECT

T. Niemi | N. Sevelius

23. INFORMATION NETWORKS AND DATA SOURCES FOR COMPOST RESEARCH

R.A.K. Szmidt

24. HORTICULTURAL USES OF COMPOSTED MATERIAL

M. Raviv

25. ALLEVIATION OF INTERVEINAL YELLOWING IN LEAVES OF PETUNIA “ROSE FROST” IN COMPOSTED SPRUCE BARK

R.M. Raja Harun | C. McKenna

26. THE EFFECT OF AVAILABLE WATER CONTENT AND OTHER PHYSICAL AND CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF SOIL SUBSTRATES ON GERMINATION OF CUCUMBER

A.F. Abou-Hadid | Amin M. Omar

27. GERANIUM’S RESPONSE TO COMPOST BASED SUBSTRATES

R. López | C. Durán | J.M. Murillo | F. Cabrera

28. COMPOSTED ORGANIC RESIDUES AS A SUBSTRATE COMPONENT FOR TOMATO TRANSPLANT PRODUCTION

M. Reis | F.X. Martinez | M. Soliva | A.A. Monteiro

29. THE USE OF CATTAILS (TYPHA) AND COMPOST FOR REMOVING HEAVY METALS FROM SIMULATED WASTEWATER

T. Manios | E.I. Stentiford | G. Whiteley

30. EFFECT OF GREEN WASTE COMPOST ON YIELD PARAMETERS IN SPRING BARLEY (HORDEUM VULGARE) V. HART

J.A. Cook | A.A. Keeling | P.F. Bloxham

31. THE USE OF VARIOUS COMPOSTS AND RECYCLED MATERIALS IN GROWING MEDIA FOR ORNAMENTAL SHRUBS

P. Fischer | W. Popp

32. MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE COMPOST UTILIZATION IN GREENHOUSE-CULTIVATED TOMATO

F. Madrid | M.J. Trasierra | R. López | J. Murillo | F. Cabrera

33. CATTLE MANURE COMPOST AS SUBSTRATE. II – CONDITIONING AND FORMULATION OF GROWING MEDIA FOR CUT FLOWER CULTURES

O. Marfà | J.M. Tort | C. Olivella | R. Cáceres | F.X. Martínez

34. EFFECTS OF GREEN WASTE COMPOST ON SPRING WHEAT (TRITICUM AESTIVUM L. CV AVANS) EMERGENCE AND EARLY GROWTH

K.R. McCallum | A.A. Keeling | C.P. Beckwith | P.S. Kettlewell

35. THE SUITABILITY OF COMPOSTED GREEN WASTE AS AN ORGANIC MULCH: EFFECTS ON SOIL MOISTURE RETENTION AND SURFACE TEMPERATURE

J.S. Pickering | A.D. Kendle | P. Hadley

36. TWO COMPOST TYPES USED IN THE NIAYES (SENEGAL) MARKET GARDEN AREA : TECHNOLOGICAL INNOVATION AND VEGETABLE PRODUCTION

M.A. Seck | C. Lo

37. RESULTS OF THE LONG-TERM VEGETABLE CROP PRODUCTION TRIALS: CONVENTIONAL VS COMPOST-AMENDED SOILS

Philip R. Warman

38. NITROGEN AVAILABILITY FROM COMPOSTS AND BLENDS OF COMPOSTS AND FERTILIZERS

L. J. Sikora

39. HUMIC SUBSTANCES FROM COMPOST AFFECTS NUTRIENT ACCUMULATION AND FRUIT YIELD IN TOMATO

C. Siminis | M. Loulakis | M. Kefakis | T. Manios | V. Manios

40. COMPOSTING OF FISH AND THE USE OF FISH COMPOST AS A FERTILIZER

P. Roinila

41. COMPOST AS A CONTROLLING AGENT AGAINST FUSARIUM WILT OF SWEET BASIL

42. SUPPRESSION OF PLANT PATHOGENS BY ORGANIC EXTRACTS A REVIEW

G.R. Dixon | U.F. Walsh

43. RECYCLED ORGANIC MATERIALS (ROM) IN THE CONTROL OF PLANT DISEASE

D. Pitt | Emma L. Tilston | Andrew C. Groenhof

44. FUNGI IN A CONTROLLED COMPOST SYSTEM – WITH SPECIAL EMPHASIS ON THE THERMOPHILIC FUNGI

M. Klamer | U. Søchting

45. COMPOSTING IN AERATED TUNNELS FOR MUSHROOM CULTIVATION: INFLUENCES OF PROCESS TEMPERATURE AND SUBSTRATE FORMULATION ON COMPOST BULK DENSITY AND PRODUCTIVITY

R. Noble | R.H. Gaze

46. BENEFITS AND RISKS OF ENZYME-AUGMENTED COMPOSTING FOR AGARICUS MUSHROOM PRODUCTION

Paul J. Wuest | David M. Beyer | Harry R. Muthersbaugh

47. NUTRITIONAL FACTORS RELATING TO THE FORMATION OF CALCIUM OXALATE CRYSTALS ON AGARICUS BISPORUS MYCELIUM AND SOURCE REDUCTION OF SPENT MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE

David M. Beyer | Paul J. Wuest | L. Anton

48. INFLUENCE OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON THE CARBON DIOXIDE PRODUCTION OF MUSHROOM SUBSTRATE

H. Loeffen | J.C. Bakker

49. EXAMINATION OF THE EFFECT OF THE ADDITION OF MANGANESE TO SUBSTRATES OF CULTIVATED MUSHROOM (AGARICUS BISPORUS)

L. Rácz | G. Tasnádi