Diversity and characterization of lignocellulolytic fungi isolated from oil palm empty fruit bunch, and identification of influencing factors of natural composting process

• Main Authors: Md. Tahir, Paridah, Liew, Winnie Pui Pui, Lee, Shiou Yih, Ang, Aik Fei, Lee, Seng Hua, Mohamed, Rozi, Halis, Rasmina
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier 2019
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79419/1/Diversity%20and%20characterization%20of%20lignocellulolytic%20fungi%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/79419/; https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0956053X19305720

Oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) is the most significant waste generated from the agricultural industry in Malaysia. Composting is one of the potential approaches to utilize EFB. However, composting of EFB is a time-consuming process, thus impractical for industrial application. The composting proce...