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Journal of Agricultural and Crop Research

Research Article | Published December 2019 | Volume 7, Issue 12 pp. 215-223.

doi: https://doi.org/10.33495/jacr_v7i12.19.158

 

Comparison of composts quality prepared by wide range of organic wastes

 


 

 

Al-Barakah Fahad N. I.

 

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Soil Science Department, College of Food and Agriculture Sciences, King Saud University, P.O. Box, 2460, Riyadh, 11451, Saudi Arabia. 



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Citation: Fahad Al-Barakah NI (2019). Comparison of composts quality prepared by wide range of organic wastes. J. Agric. Crop Res. 7(12): 215-223.

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 Abstract 


Composting has become progressively a popular way and suitable option for recycling the different organic wastes with economic and environmental profits. However, the design of composting systems for farmers is limited due to the low information on the basic concepts of the composting process and how manure characteristics can influence its performance. The present paper summarized the factors affecting the quality of composts produced by using different manures as organic activator. Special attention has been paid to the relevance of pH; Electrical conductivity EC temperature; CO2 concentration; organic carbon (%); NH4 (ppm); NO3 (ppm); C:N ratio; changes in total macro and micro-nutrients and oxygen levels during composting process and the necessity of standardizing the maturity indices due to their great importance amongst compost quality criteria. Microbiological changes during composting process i.e., Total counts of bacterial, Mesophilic and Thermophilic aerobic cellulose decomposer were also considered. Results revealed that a negative correlation was found between temperatures and composting time. Agricultural waste which was treated with10% poultry manure showed rapid degradation than the two other manures and recorded the least bacterial counts, while the treatment of agricultural waste +10% mixture of camel and sheep manure as organic activator gave the highest bacterial counts and higher EC than either treated with cow or poultry manure. Finally, all these parameters are considered as a good indicator for the end of the biodegradation phase in which the compost achieves maturity.

Keywords  Composting   organic wastes   bacterial counts 

 

 

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