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Conversion of waste keratine (poultry feather) into amino acid fertilizers and their effect on soybean grown on sandy soil in North Africa /

Sayed Rashad Ahmed Attia

Conversion of waste keratine (poultry feather) into amino acid fertilizers and their effect on soybean grown on sandy soil in North Africa / تحويل المخلف الكيراتينى (ريش الدواجن) الى أسمدة أمينية و دراسة تأثيرها على محصول فول الصويا النامى فى التربة الرملية فى شمال أفريقيا Sayed Rashad Ahmed Attia ; Supervised Adel Saad Elhassanein , Elsayed Ibrahim Gaber , Nasser Shaaban Ali Mohamed Khalil - Cairo : Sayed Rashad Ahmed Attia , 2012 - 83 P. : charts ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Institute of African Research and Studies - Department of Natural Resources

Due to annual production of chicken feather that causes severe pollution problems, the current study is interested in converting this useless waste into valuable fertilizer products. The keratine content of feather was converted into amino acid hydrolysate with 6 M H₂SO₄ in 1:3 ratio of chicken feather to acid solution. Different types of fertilizers were prepared containing amino acid, phosphorous, potassium and macro and micro elements



Amino acid Chelation Chicken feathers