Sentence examples for and a decrease in the compost from inspiring English sources

This could have been due to low ambient temperatures and a decrease in the compost pile volume and thus possibly reduced microbial activity.

The higher nitrogen and lower carbon levels of peanut shell compost compared to peat caused a decrease in the C/N ratio of compost treatments (Gayasinghe et al. 2010).

The use of peanut shell compost caused a decrease in the available phosphorus of cultivation beds.

Increasing peanut shell compost caused a decrease in the C/N ratio when compared with the control.

However, the physicochemistry and nutrient profile of compost on the 40th day revealed a decrease in the organic matter content from 38.65 to 22.16%, while the C/N ratio reduced from 30.1 to 20.12 in treated compost (Figs. 4 and 5).

A decrease in internal compost temperatures corresponded with an increase in ammonium N concentration (Figures 1 and 10).

The growth of plants decreased significantly in the 100%% peanut shell compost treatment due to the large number of pores and a decrease in water-holding capacity.

Rivero et al. (2004) observed a decrease in E4/E6 ratio on 3-year-old compost.

The adoption of composting practices allowed a slight increase in gross margin associated with a decrease in its between-year variability in comparison with conventional practices.

Respiratory quotients had a decreasing trend throughout the composting process.

A large decrease of carbohydrate content and, therefore, polysaccharides was revealed in the compost after growth of A. bisporus and fruiting body production.