Oil palm frond : Value-adding through production of biocompost with fungal inoculation

• Main Author: Fadzilah Kalamahidan
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English; English
• Published: 2014
• Subjects: SB183-317 Field crops Including cereals, forage crops, grasses, legumes, root crops, sugar plants, textile plants, alkaloidal plants, medicinal plants
• Online Access: https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/1/24%20PAGES.pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/3/FULLTEXT..pdf; https://eprints.ums.edu.my/id/eprint/38934/

This investigation highlights the chemical, physical and biological properties of oil palm frond (OPF) observed during 14 weeks of composting period. Composting is a controlled biological decomposition process, which converts organic wastes into humus-like materials. Two white rot fungi species, Tra...