The aim of this chapter is to provide an up‐to‐date brief review of the composting process and compost production; the chemical, spectroscopic, thermal, biological, biochemical, enzymatic, and microbial analytical parameters and criteria commonly used to evaluate the stability and maturity of organic matter (OM) in composts; the legal aspects involved in compost production and marketing; its most common agricultural uses; and its action as carbon sink when incorporated into the soil.

Compost Production, Analysis and Applications in Agriculture

Zaccone C.;
2022-01-01

Abstract

The aim of this chapter is to provide an up‐to‐date brief review of the composting process and compost production; the chemical, spectroscopic, thermal, biological, biochemical, enzymatic, and microbial analytical parameters and criteria commonly used to evaluate the stability and maturity of organic matter (OM) in composts; the legal aspects involved in compost production and marketing; its most common agricultural uses; and its action as carbon sink when incorporated into the soil.
2022
no
Inglese
STAMPA
Esperti anonimi
5
Multi-scale Biogeochemical Processes in Soil Ecosystems: Critical Reactions and Resilience to Climate Changes
Yang Y. Keiluweit M. Senesi N. Xing B.
Wiley-IUPAC
Hoboken, NJ
STATI UNITI D'AMERICA
9781119480341
297
321
25
Compost, Production, Analysis, Applications, Agriculture
https://doi.org/10.1002/9781119480419.ch13
info:eu-repo/semantics/bookPart
268
5
02 Contributo in volume::02.01 Contributo in volume (Capitolo o Saggio)
none
Ciavatta, C.; Centemero, M.; Toselli, M.; Zaccone, C.; Senesi, N.
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