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Effects of additives on the co-composting of forest residues with cattle manure
1College of Forestry, Beijing Forestry University, Beijing 100083, PR China.
Abstract:
Co-composting of forest residues (FR) with cattle manure (CM) results in a low nitrogen (N) conversion efficiency, a low organic matter (OM) degradation rate, and a low quality compost product. This study evaluated the effects of addition of bone charcoal (BC), pumice (PM), or straw biochar (SB) at a ratio of 10 % (w/w) on the co-composting of FR with CM. The highest quality compost was obtained with addition of 10 % PM. Compared with the control (without any additive), PM addition increased the OM degradation rate, the nitrate-N, the available phosphorus, and the available potassium by 25 %, 110 %, 24 %, and 9 %, respectively, and increased the relative abundance of bacteria (Planomicrobium, Flavobacterium, and Pseudomonas) involved in lignocellulose degradation and N transformation. With the addition of PM, the co-composting of FR with CM generated a high quality, useful product in only 39 days.
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