Crop residue management challenges, opportunities and way forward for sustainable food-energy security in India: A review

N Kumar, A Chaudhary, OP Ahlawat, A Naorem… - Soil and Tillage …, 2023 - Elsevier
Crop residue crucially contributes in running the essential agro-environment services. The
modernization in crop production with high yielding varieties substantially increased the …

Municipal solid waste (MSW): Strategies to improve salt affected soil sustainability: A review

MD Meena, RK Yadav, B Narjary, G Yadav, HS Jat… - Waste management, 2019 - Elsevier
Salt-induced soil degradation is a serious threat to global agriculture which is responsible
for diminished productivity of agro-ecosystems. Irrigation with poor quality water and …

Effects of external additives: Biochar, bentonite, phosphate, on co-composting for swine manure and corn straw

H Li, T Zhang, DCW Tsang, G Li - Chemosphere, 2020 - Elsevier
Composting is an acceptable and economically feasible process for recycling agricultural
biomass waste. The addition of external additives to adjust the process of composting has …

Effect of inoculating microorganisms in chicken manure composting with maize straw

L Wan, X Wang, C Cong, J Li, Y Xu, X Li, F Hou… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
The effects of inoculating with microorganisms on chicken manure compost with maize straw
were investigated in a self-built aerated static box (0.6 m 3) by assessing the influences of …

Influence of bamboo biochar on mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and nitrogen loss during poultry manure composting

MK Awasthi, Y Duan, SK Awasthi, T Liu, Z Zhang - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
The effectiveness of specific concentrations of bamboo biochar (BB) on nutrient
conservation based on gaseous emissions during poultry manure composting was …

Biochar combined with gypsum reduces both nitrogen and carbon losses during agricultural waste composting and enhances overall compost quality by regulating …

J Qu, L Zhang, X Zhang, L Gao, Y Tian - Bioresource technology, 2020 - Elsevier
Composting is an efficient method for treating agricultural wastes. This study investigated the
effects of the addition of biochar (B) and gypsum (G) to straw mixed with chicken manure …

Effects of rhamnolipid and Tween-80 on cellulase activities and metabolic functions of the bacterial community during chicken manure composting

Y Yin, J Gu, X Wang, Y Zhang, W Zheng, R Chen… - Bioresource …, 2019 - Elsevier
Metabolism by microorganisms is the basis of composting. In this study, the dynamic
changes in the enzyme activity levels, bacterial community structure, and metabolism …

Effect of aeration rates on enzymatic activity and bacterial community succession during cattle manure composting

M Ge, H Zhou, Y Shen, H Meng, R Li, J Zhou… - Bioresource …, 2020 - Elsevier
In order to explore changes in microbial enzyme activity and bacterial community, a 60-day
composting experiment was conducted using cattle manure and straw under aeration rates …

Effect of attapulgite on heavy metals passivation and microbial community during co-composting of river sediment with agricultural wastes

Y Chen, P Tang, Y Li, L Chen, H Jiang, Y Liu, X Luo - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
This paper investigated the effects of attapulgite addition on the physicochemical processes,
heavy metal transformation, and microbial community during the composting of agricultural …

Juxtaposing the quality of compost and vermicompost produced from organic wastes amended with cow dung

RK Patra, D Behera, KK Mohapatra, D Sethi… - Environmental …, 2022 - Elsevier
Composting is a propitious technology to change bio-degradable solid waste into organic
fertilizers. Considering this, five types of organic waste viz., leaf litter (Tectona grandis) …