Authors: Suthar, Surindra¹; Ram, Setha²

Source: International Journal of Environment and Waste Management, Volume 2, Number 6, 6 December 2008 , pp. 584-600(17)

Publisher: Inderscience Publishers

Abstract:

Efforts were made to evaluate the impact of substrate materials (crop residues &#43; sheep manure, cowshed manure, and kitchen waste &#43; leaf litter) on growth and reproduction performance of composting earthworms: Eudrilus eugeniae, Perionyx excavatus and Perionyx sansibaricus, under laboratory conditions. Results indicated that earthworm biomass and cocoon production rate was directly related to the type of earthworm species as well as nature of worm feedstuff. Although cocoon hatchling success did not show any relation with type of culture material, but hatchlings numbers cocoon<SUP align=right>−1</SUP> was directly related with quality of substrate. This study suggests that earthworm production can be managed by using feedstuff having higher nitrogen contents with low C:N ratios.

Keywords: ENVIRONMENTAL JOURNALS; Environment and Sustainable Development

Document Type: Research article

DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.1504/IJEWM.2008.021862

Affiliations: 1: Department of Zoology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur-342 001, India. 2: Department of Zoology, Jai Narain Vyas University, Jodhpur-342 001, India

Publication date: 2008-12-06

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