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Effect of inoculation during different phases of agricultural waste composting on spectroscopic characteristics of humic acid

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The white-rot fungus, Phanerochaete chrysosporium (P. chrysosporium), was inoculated during different phases of agricultural waste composting and its effect on the spectroscopic characterization of humic acid (HA) was studied. Three runs were used in this study: Run A was the control without inoculating, and Runs B and C were inoculated P. chrysosporium during the first and the second fermentation phase, respectively. The elemental analysis, ultra-violet spectroscopy (UV), fluorescence spectra, Fourier transform infra-red (FTIR) and 13C nuclear magnetic resonance (13C-NMR) of HA all lead to the same conclusion, that is, the degree of aromatization and polymerization of HA increases after 42 days composting. However, the inoculation during different phases presents different effects. P. chrysosporium increases the degree of aromatization and polymerization of HA when it is inoculated during the second fermentation phase, while it does not produce an obvious change on the humification degree of HA when it is inoculated during the first fermentation phase.

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  1. College of Resources and Environment, Hunan Agricultural University, Changsha, 410128, China

    Hong-li Huang  (黄红丽), Lin Luo  (罗琳), Jia-chao Zhang  (张嘉超) & Pu-feng Qin  (秦普丰)

  2. College of Environmental Science and Engineering, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Guang-ming Zeng  (曾光明)

  3. Key Laboratory of Environmental Biology and Pollution Control of Ministry of Education, Hunan University, Changsha, 410082, China

    Guang-ming Zeng  (曾光明)

  4. Environmental Resources and Soil Fertilizer Institute, Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, Hangzhou, 310021, China

    Man Yu  (喻曼)

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Foundation item: Projects(51108178, 51108423, 51039001, 51378190) supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China; Project(20100161110012) supported by the Research Fund for the Doctoral Program of Higher Education of China

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Huang, Hl., Zeng, Gm., Luo, L. et al. Effect of inoculation during different phases of agricultural waste composting on spectroscopic characteristics of humic acid. J. Cent. South Univ. 22, 4177–4183 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11771-015-2965-0

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