Vermicomposting is a unique process that occurs in earthworms gut to convert organic wastes into organic fertilizer or vermicompost by using joint action of earthworms and microorganisms. Organic wastes used were the mixture of spent mushrooms waste, coconut husks, cow dung, vegetables residue, and leaf litter. Locally available earthworms are also used for vermicomposting but their mode of feeding is very slow and the earthworm which lives below the soil is also not suitable for vermicompost production. The Red worms Eisenia foetida and African earthworm Eudrillus engenae are promising worms used for vermicompost production. All the two worms can be mixed together for vermicompost production. In the composting process, egg shells flour and fish meal are added into the vermicompost as additives materials. The results indicate that the combined vermicomposting and composting process with addition the additives materials improves the chemical composition of vermicompost compared to using vermicomposting process alone. The percentage of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium and magnesium in vermicompost was found to increase while C N ratio, pH and total organic carbon declined as a function of the vermicomposting. Dr. Atul Kumar Sharma | Dr. Kamlesh Rawat "Chemical and Microbial Reactions Occurring during Vermicomposting" Published in International Journal of Trend in Scientific Research and Development (ijtsrd), ISSN: 2456-6470, Volume-5 | Issue-5 , August 2021, URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/papers/ijtsrd45029.pdf Paper URL: https://www.ijtsrd.com/chemistry/other/45029/chemical-and-microbial-reactions-occurring-during-vermicomposting/dr-atul-kumar-sharma
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Chemical and Microbial Reactions
Occurring during Vermicomposting
Dr. Atul Kumar Sharma1, Dr. Kamlesh Rawat2
1PG Department of Chemistry, 2PG Department of Zoology
1,2SD Government College, Beawar, Rajasthan, India
ABSTRACT
Vermicomposting is a unique process that occurs in earthworm's gut
to convert organic wastes into organic fertilizer or vermicompost by
using joint action of earthworms and microorganisms. Organic
wastes used were the mixture of spent mushrooms waste, coconut
husks, cow dung, vegetables residue, and leaf litter. Locally available
earthworms are also used for vermicomposting but their mode of
feeding is very slow and the earthworm which lives below the soil is
also not suitable for vermicompost production. The Red worms
(Eisenia foetida) and African earthworm (Eudrillus engenae) are
promising worms used for vermicompost production. All the two
worms can be mixed together for vermicompost production. In the
composting process, egg shells flour and fish meal are added into the
vermicompost as additives materials. The results indicate that the
combined vermicomposting and composting process with addition
the additives materials improves the chemical composition of
vermicompost compared to using vermicomposting process alone.
The percentage of nitrogen, phosphorous, potassium, calcium and
magnesium in vermicompost was found to increase while C: N ratio,
pH and total organic carbon declined as a function of the
vermicomposting.
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