Our new composting strategy that three inocula were inoculated
respectively, improved the temperature of pile and the degradation
of lignocelluloses, promoted the decrease of the C/N ratio
and the volume losses, which indicated that inoculating proper
microorganisms at appropriate time can improve the composting
Fig. 6. Microbiological changes of inoculated pile during composting process. a: pile containing the mixing of dairy manure, rice straw and inoculum A with 20–30 mm rice
straws on it; b: Morphological modifications of inoculated pile on 12th day. Arrows indicated mycelium in composting substances, fresh dairy manure on the other hand; c:
Fruiting bodies of C. cinerea appeared in pile; d: Fruiting bodies of C. comatus (arrows) appeared in pile; e: Morphological modifications of inoculated pile after 45-day
fermentation; f: Morphological modifications of control pile after 45-day composting.
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process and our new composting inoculation strategy would be
propitious to the co-composting dairy manure with rice straw.