caa a22 4500 477106064 CHVBK 20180405111554.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960401xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01570027 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01570027 A sawdust-derived soil conditioner promotes plant growth and improves water-holding capacity of different types of soils [Elektronische Daten] [A Rajor, R Sharma, VK Sood, V Ramamurthy] Sawdust, a bulky waste generated by wood processing industries, has very few profitable and ecofriendly uses and poses a problem of proper disposal. Treatment with the fungusVolvariella volvaceae and a dilute solution of urea converted sawdust from a phytoinhibitory material to a phytostimulatory soil conditioner. In different types of soils, the soil conditioner increased the moisture retention and facilitated the cohesive interaction of particles. Analyses of the major biopolymers of sawdust after fungal treatment indicated that levels of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin decreased; however, these changes did not account for the plant growth stimulatory property attained by this material. Society for Industrial Microbiology, 1996 moisture retention nationallicence sawdust nationallicence soil conditioner nationallicence Volvariella volvaceae nationallicence Rajor A. School of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut Sharma R. Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut Sood VK Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut Ramamurthy V. School of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut Journal of Industrial Microbiology Springer-Verlag 16/4(1996-04-01), 237-240 0169-4146 16:4<237 1996 16 10295 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570027 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01570027 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Rajor A. School of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sharma R. Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Sood VK Department of Civil Engineering, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Ramamurthy V. School of Biotechnology, Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, 147 001, Patiala, India aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Industrial Microbiology Springer-Verlag 16/4(1996-04-01), 237-240 0169-4146 16:4<237 1996 16 10295 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer