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Table 1 Physicochemical properties of the agricultural byproducts compost

From: Assessment of bacterial diversity during composting of agricultural byproducts

 

Physical properties

 

Chemical properties

   

Metals concentration

Days

Moisture

C (%)

N (%)

C: N

P (%)

K (%)

Ca (g kg-1 dw)

Mg (g kg-1 dw)

S (g kg-1 dw)

Na (g kg-1 dw)

Zn (mg kg-1 dw)

Cu (mg kg-1 dw)

Mn (mg kg-1 dw)

Fe (mg kg-1 dw)

0

50.5

17.3

1.3

31.1

0.8

1.0

13.0

8.4

2.3

1.3

86.6

33.0

266.9

93.0

10

50.4

16.0

1.4

26.6

0.9

1.0

13.2

8.9

2.3

1.8

90.4

34.2

268.4

100.6

20

50.3

14.1

1.4

21.0

1.0

1.1

13.5

9.2

2.5

2.1

98.2

39.5

270.6

112.3

30

50.3

13.0

1.4

15.5

1.1

1.1

13.9

9.8

2.5

2.4

101.3

44.3

281.0

129.9

40

50.1

11.4

1.5

11.7

1.2

1.1

13.9

10.2

2.5

2.5

124.6

50.7

286.0

134.8

50

50.1

11.4

1.5

11.4

1.2

1.1

13.9

10.2

2.5

2.5

124.6

50.7

286.2

134.8

(%)

negligible

-50.9

+9.6

 

+33.1

+15.0

+5.9

+17.6

+8.0

+48.0

+30.5

+34.9

+6.9

+31.0

  1. Here ‘-’indicates decrease in concentration and ‘+’ indicates increase in the concentration; counts upto 40 days, and next 10 days remained for stabilization.