Development of a Nordic system for measuring the inactivation of pathogens during composting
Preface
This report presents the results of a study initiated to prepare a full-scale investigation for evaluating the inactivation of pathogens during composting of biodegradable waste, initiated by the Nordic Council of Ministers. The study was a collaboration between:
 | SOLUM AS/Dansk Jordforbedring ApS (Kasper Kjellberg Christensen and Morten Brøgger) |
| Department of Plant Biology, Plant Pathology Section, The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark (Kaare Møller and John Hockenhull) |
| Department of Plant Biology, The Biotechnology group, The Danish Institute of Agricultural Sciences at The Royal Veterinary and Agricultural University of Denmark (Elisabeth Johansen and Merete Albrechtsen) |
| The Swedish Association of Waste Management (Elisabeth Kron) |
The practical project period extended from November to December 1999 with reporting in January and February 2000. The project was co-ordinated by SOLUM AS. The report is divided in two separate sections, one dealing with indicator organisms for human and animal pathogens (prepared by K.K. Christensen) and one dealing with the plant pathogens Plasmodiophora brassicae, Rhizoctonia solani, Fusarium oxysporum (K. Møller and J. Hockenhull), and tobacco mosaic virus (M. Albrechtsen and E. Johansen).