EFFECT OF AGEING PROCESS ON PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF VERMICOMPOST
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EFFECT OF AGEING PROCESS ON PHYSIO-CHEMICAL PROPERTIES OF VERMICOMPOST
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Creator |
Anandkumar Naorem
Shiva Kumar Udayana Gyanendra Kumar Naorem Arunkumar Singh Madurima Bani Lakshmi Narsimhaiah |
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Eudrilus eugeniae, stor age, vermicompost.
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With the increase in human population and changes in human life style, the amount of waste generated is so enormous that it needs to be studied for its proper disposal and its degradation. Vermicomposting is one of the biotechnological techniques for decomposition of organic waste material and converting it into beneficial end products with the use of earthworms. During the process of vermicomposting, the organic waste products are fragmented by earthworms and increase its surface area for the microbes to enhance the decomposition process (Aira et al., 2002; Pramanik et al., 2009; Suthar, 2008; Vivas et al., 2009). Moreover, vermicompost is a good source of essential nutrients, vitamins, plant growth promoting hormones etc (Prabha et al., 2007). But, after the production of vermicompost, the physico-chemical changes of the vermicompost with the storage duration at room temperature are hardly been studied. It is hypothesized that with the storage duration at room temperature, quality of the vermicompost must change due to many factors including growth of micro-organisms. Therefore, this research was conducted to investigate these changes and its effect to the quality of the vermicompost. Vermicompost is one of the economical inputs that have been used as a good source of nutrients as well as soil amendment in improving soil health. It is hypothesized that with the ageing process of the produced vermicompost, there might be few changes in physic-chemical properties of the vermicompost. These changes directly relates to the quality and effectiveness of the vermicompost. Therefore, an experiment was conducted to investigate these changes. It was found that significant changes occurred in moisture content, particle density, water holding capacity, electrical conductivity, pH, total nitrogen content and total carbon content. Not Available |
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2019-05-21T05:55:31Z
2019-05-21T05:55:31Z 2016-01-01 |
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Research Paper
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2454-6003 http://krishi.icar.gov.in/jspui/handle/123456789/19759 |
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English
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Society for Scientific Development Meerut (U.P.) INDIA
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