Effect of animal waste and vegetable compost on production and growth of earthworm (Eisenia fetida) during vermiculture

Autor: D. N. S. Kpogue, D. S. J. V. Vodounnou, Comlan Ephrem Tossavi, Emile Didier Fiogbe, G. A. Mennsah
Rok vydání: 2016
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Zdroj: International Journal of Recycling of Organic Waste in Agriculture. 5:87-92
ISSN: 2251-7715
2195-3228
DOI: 10.1007/s40093-016-0119-5
Popis: The purpose of the study is to evaluate the effect of different animal product wastes and plant compost on survival and growth of earthworm (Eisenia fetida). The study is realized in a vermibin for a duration of 90 days. The initial physico-chemical parameters (pH, humidity, ash, organic matter, carbon, nitrogen, phosphorus and C:N ratio) were determined in each waste of the different substrates before the study. Six waste products (pig, poultry, rabbit, cattle, sheep and vegetal compost) in triplicate (6 × 3) were used for earthworm production. In each 12-l content vermibin, 2 kg of substrate and 30 g of mature earthworms were sown. Each month, the growth control was realized by earthworms harvest and weighing. The earthworms were put back in substrate in vermibin and 500 g of substrate were completed. The pH was measured every week. The physico-chemical parameters (pH, ash, organic matter, carbon, phosphorus, nitrogen and C:N ratio) varied (P pig > rabbit > poultry > sheep > compost vegetable. The animal wastes (cow, sheep, pig, rabbit and poultry) and vegetable compost can be used to produce the earthworm. But the growth and produce depend on the biochemical quality of the substrates and the availability and facility for using a nutritive element.
Databáze: OpenAIRE
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