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Optimization of cow dung spiked pre-consumer processing vegetable waste for vermicomposting using Eisenia fetida.
Vinod Kumar Garg,Renuka Gupta +1 more
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It has been concluded from the results that addition of PPVW up to 40% with CD can produce a good quality vermicompost and growth and fecundity of E. fetida was best when reared in 20% PPVW+80% CD feed mixture.About:
This article is published in Ecotoxicology and Environmental Safety.The article was published on 2011-01-01. It has received 118 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Eisenia fetida & Cow dung.read more
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Composting of Floating Biomass (Phumdi and Salvinia natans) of Loktalk Lake (Manipur, India)
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Rapid vermicomposting of fresh fruit and vegetable wastes using earthworm eisenia foetida
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors evaluated the feasibility of vermicomposting of different fresh fruit and vegetable wastes (FVWs) including banana peels, cabbage, lettuce, potato and watermelon peels using earthworm Eisenia foetida.
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Comparison of three systems of decomposition of agricultural residues for the production of organic fertilizers
Rocío Sánchez-Rosales,Adriana Hernández-Rodríguez,Damaris Leopoldina Ojeda-Barrios,Loreto Robles-Hernández,Ana Cecilia González-Franco,Rafael Ángel Parra-Quezada +5 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared over time physical, chemical and enzymatic parameters of organic wastes transformed as vermicomposting (VC), SC, and composting (CP) for elaboration of organic fertilizers.
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Cattle manure and intercropping effects on soil properties and growth and yield of pearl millet and cowpea in Namibia.
Yoshinori Watanabe,Fisseha Itanna,Yasuhiro Izumi,Simon K. Awala,Yuichiro Fujioka,Kenta Tsuchiya,Morio Iijima +6 more
TL;DR: The impoverished Namibian soils can very well be enriched with nutrients by applying cattle manure, especially when resource-poor farmers are unable to purchase expensive chemical fertilizers as mentioned in this paper...
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Effect of rice bran on the quality of vermicompost produced from food waste
TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the production of eco-friendly and environmentally bio-fertilizer from a mixture of food waste (FW) and rice bran (RB).
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Biology and ecology of earthworms
TL;DR: The role of earthworms in soil structure, fertility and productivity, and the influence of environmental factors on earthworms are described.
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Integrating composting and vermicomposting in the treatment and bioconversion of biosolids.
TL;DR: A system that combines the two processes resulted in a product that was more stable and consistent, had less potential impact on the environment and for compost-vermicomposting (CV) system, the product met the pathogen reduction requirements.
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Vermicomposting of sludges from paper mill and dairy industries with Eisenia andrei: A pilot-scale study
TL;DR: In this article, the authors studied vermicomposting with Eisenia andrei of sludges from a paper mill mixed with cattle manure in a six-month pilot-scale experiment.
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