Vermicomposting: Analysis of Soil Nutrients Enrichment with Indigenous Species from Jazan Province of Saudi Arabia
| Autor: | Maqbool Kuttyammoo, Ahmed E. Zayed, Mohammed El Mohrezy Abdelmonem, Khaled M. A. Hassanein |
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| Rok vydání: | 2016 |
| Předmět: |
food.ingredient
biology Ecology Phosphorus 05 social sciences chemistry.chemical_element 04 agricultural and veterinary sciences Biodegradable waste engineering.material biology.organism_classification Lumbricus rubellus Horticulture Nutrient food chemistry biology.animal 0502 economics and business 040103 agronomy & agriculture engineering 0401 agriculture forestry and fisheries Aporrectodea Lumbricidae 050211 marketing Vermicompost Lumbricus terrestris |
| Zdroj: | International Journal of Advanced Research in Biological Sciences (IJARBS). 3:131-137 |
| DOI: | 10.22192/ijarbs.2016.03.10.019 |
| Popis: | The wastes produced in the University campus like shredded paper, used teabags, vegetables, etc. were to be sorted and used f or the production of vermicompost. Earth worms used in this study were collected from six locations in and around Jazan. The three major species found in Jazan area were Lumbricus terrestris, Aporrectodea longaand Lumbricus rubellus. All the sps. belong to the family Lumbricidae and found to be adapted to the environmental conditions of Jizan. They were found to be active in during the vermicomposting experiments. The vermicompost showed increase in its constituents of primary nutrients {Nitrogen (N), Phosphorus (P), and Potassium (K)}, secondary nutrients {Calcium (Ca), Magnesium (Mg)} and micro nutrients {Copper (Cu), Iron (Fe), Manganese (Mn) and Zinc (Zn)} in comparison with the control soil. This study is a precursor to a scientific approach in finding out how more steps need to be taken to utilise the organic waste produced in each provin ce for the production of vremicompost in Jazan. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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