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In laboratory scale batch digesters various alkali treated crop residues with cattle waste showed 17–31% more biodegradation than did cattle waste alone. Higher biogas production (405–445 ml g−1 volatile solids fed) was obtained with crop-cattle waste mixtures than with cattle waste alone (343 ml g−1 volatile solids fed) in 35 days digestion at ambient temperature (30±1°C). The biogas showed maximum methane, after the digesters became stabilized, from lantana (57%), followed by wheat and other plant residues codigested with cattle waste (53–54%) in comparison to cattle waste alone (51%).
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Dar, G.H., Tandon, S.M. & Singh, R. Anaerobic digestion of alkali treated crop residues with cattle waste. Proc. Indian Acad. Sci. 99, 503–507 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03053619
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