Optimization of cow dung spiked pre-consumer processing vegetable waste for vermicomposting using Eisenia fetida.
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...Previous studies have successfully conducted vermicomposting trials using vegetable wastes (Fernández-Gómez et al., 2010; Fornes et al., 2012; Garg and Gupta, 2011; Suthar, 2009)....
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...Due to this reason, most vermicomposting experiments and applications were done under dark conditions (Garg and Gupta, 2011; Suthar, 2009)....
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...Vermicomposting technology, a low-cost and rapid technique, is an acceptable means of effective recycling of organic wastes to convert waste to nutritious soil amendments for crop production (Garg and Gupta, 2011)....
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...Garg and Gupta (2011) found that the reduction of substrate due to biodegradation of organic matter during composting would result in the increase of total concentration of heavy metals....
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...Previous studies also found that the TOC reduction ranged between 10% and 45% during vermicomposting organic waste including sewage sludge and animal manure (Yadav and Garg, 2011b; Garg and Gupta, 2011)....
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...:P ratio is also one of the indices for stabilization and maturity of organic wastes and a ratio of 15:1 in vermicomposts is considered important for better assimilation by plants (Edwards and Bohlen, 1996)....
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...The C:P ratio is also one of the indices for stabilization and maturity of organic wastes and a ratio of 15:1 in vermicomposts is considered important for better assimilation by plants (Edwards and Bohlen, 1996)....
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...It is taken up by plants in the form of inorganic ions: H2PO4 and H2PO4 2 (orthophosphates) (Hesse, 1971)....
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...During this process, the important plant nutrients such as N, P and K present in the feed material are converted into forms which are more available to plants than those in the parent substrate (Ndegwa and Thompson, 2001)....
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...Similarly, Elvira et al. (1998) have reported 20–43% OM loss in the initial feed mixtures by the end of vermicomposting period....
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...Vermicomposting of wastewater treatment plant sludges from a number of industries has been reported (Garg et al., 2006; Suthar, 2006, 2008; Sangwan et al., 2008; Butt, 1993; Elvira et al., 1998)....
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...The ratio and physico-chemical characteristics of different constituents of a feed mixture significantly affect the fertilizer value of the vermicompost and growth and reproduction of the worms during the vermicomposting process (Butt, 1993; Elvira et al., 1998; Suthar, 2006, 2008)....
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