TABLE 8.

Effects of different treatments on physicochemical properties (%) of composting.

Treatment	Organic matter	Total humic acid	CO2 cumulative emission	Total nitrogen	C/N	Germination index
CK	72.90 ± 1.59a	9.56 ± 0.29b	2.90 ± 0.27b	3.87 ± 0.18b	10.94 ± 0.45a	81.05 ± 0.05c
EM	66.95 ± 1.22b	12.31 ± 0.76a	3.01 ± 0.09b	4.13 ± 0.16ab	9.43 ± 0.54b	105.69 ± 0.08b
CR	55.05 ± 0.33c	13.86 ± 0.76a	3.88 ± 0.22a	4.30 ± 0.04a	7.43 ± 0.11c	126.67 ± 0.03a

CK, no bacterial agent; EM, EM commercial microbial agent; CR, consortium VI cultured under the optimal enzyme production conditions. Different letters in a same column indicate significant differences at P < 5%.