African Journal of
Biotechnology

  • Abbreviation: Afr. J. Biotechnol.
  • Language: English
  • ISSN: 1684-5315
  • DOI: 10.5897/AJB
  • Start Year: 2002
  • Published Articles: 12505

Full Length Research Paper

Physico chemical evaluation of coffee husk, wastes of enset (Enset ventricosum), vegetable and khat (Catha edulis) through vermicomposting employing an epigeic earthworm Dendrobaena veneta (Rosa, 1886)

Gezahegn Degefe
  • Gezahegn Degefe
  • Biology Department, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia.
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Seyoum Mengistou
  • Seyoum Mengistou
  • Department of Zoological Science, College of Life Science, Addis Ababa University, Ethiopia
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Said Mohammed
  • Said Mohammed
  • Biology Department, College of Natural and Computational Sciences, Debre Berhan University, Ethiopia.
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  •  Received: 25 April 2015
  •  Accepted: 18 April 2016
  •  Published: 18 May 2016

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