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Efficient recycling of organic wastes in arecanut (Areca catechu) and cocoa (Theobroma cacao) plantation through vermicomposting

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Title Efficient recycling of organic wastes in arecanut (Areca catechu) and cocoa (Theobroma cacao) plantation through vermicomposting
 
Creator CHOWDAPPA, P
BIDDAPPA, C C
SUJATHA, S
 
Subject arecanut, cocoa, vermicompost, nonnal compost, C:N ratio
 
Description The possibility of converting available organic wastes in arecanut (Areca catechu L.) and cocoa(Theobroma cacao L.) gardens into vennicompost by using African night crawler (Eudrilus eugeniae) was studied during1994-95. The result indicated that the organic wastes could be efficiently converted into vermicompost with a recoveryof 74.65-87.75 % in a composting period of 3 months. Earthworm biomass doubled irrespective of organic waste usedin a period of two months. Major nutrient (NPK) and micronutrient (Cu, Zn, Fe and Mn ) contents were slightly higherin all the vermicompost samples than in normal compost. Vermicompost had lower C:N ratio and pH than normalcompost irrespective of the source of organic waste. Microbial population was considerably higher in vermicompostthan in normal compost. Economics of vermicompost production revealed that the profit of Rs 1.51-1.69 could berealized from 1 kg of the compost. Estimated cost of commercial vermicompost production showed that a profit of Rs11 114/could be obtained from the vermicompost production from organic wastes available in 1 hectarc of arecanutplantation.
 
Publisher The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences
 
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Date 2013-02-01
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
Peer-reviewed Article
 
Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26952
 
Source The Indian Journal of Agricultural Sciences; Vol 69, No 8 (1999)
0019-5022
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epubs.icar.org.in/ejournal/index.php/IJAgS/article/view/26952/12249
 
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