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Impact of two types of vermicomposts on the nursery grown seeds and seedlings have been studied. Seven parameters were taken into consideration were organic matter, calcium, magnesium, pH, potassium, phosphorus and nitrogen. The comparative nutrient value and the impact of two types of vermicomposts on various seeds and seedlings were studied.The values of all the parameters analysed were more for the vermicompost produced from the cowdung than the vermicomposts of municipal solid wastes.Seeds of Eucalyptus, Acer and Anthocephalus and seedlings of Leucaena leucoeephala and Cassia fistula were taken to observe the impact of vermicomposts. Overall study revealed the better germination percentile and growth of these seeds and seedlings when the vermicompost of cow dung was used. It was inferred that the vermicompost of cow dung is more nutrient rich than the vermicompost of municipal solid waste.
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References
Basker, A., Mac Gregor, A.N. and Kirkman, J.H., 1992. Influence of soil ingestion by earthworms on the availability of K in soil- an incubation experiment. Biol. Fertil. Soils., 14: 300- 303
Edwards, C.A., 1998. Breakdown of animal, vegetable and industrial organic wastes by earthworms. – In: Edwards, C.A. & Neuhauser, E.F. (eds.): Earthworms in waste and environmental management. SPB Academic Publishing, Hague. pp: 21-31.
Garg, P.; Gupta, A. and Satya, S., 2006. Vermicomposting of different types of waste using Eisenia foetida: A comparative study. Bioresource Tech., 97: 391-395.
Kale, R.D., Bano, K. and Krishnamoorthy, R.V., 1982. Potential of Perionyx excavatus for utilization of organic wastes. Pedobiologia, 23: 419-425.
Kaushik, P. and Garg, V.K., 2003.Vermicomposting of mixed soil textile mill sludge and cow dung with the epigeic earthworm Eisenia foetida. Biores. Technol., 90: 311-316.
More, S.D., 1994. Effect of farm wastes and organic manures on soil properties, nutrient availability and yield of rice – wheat grown. Sodic Vertisol Indian Soc. Sci., 42(2): 253-256.
Parthasarathi, K. and Ranganathan, L. S., 2000. Aging effect on enzyme activities in pressmud vermicasts of Lampito mauritii (Kinberg) and Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg). Biology and Fertility of Soils, 30: 347-350.
Prabha, L.M., Jayraaj I.A. and Jeyaraaj, R., 2005. Macro and Micronutrient changes in vermicomposting of vegetable wastes using Eudrilus eugeniae. South Asian Journal of Socio- Political Studies, 2: 129-130.
Singh, N.B. Khare, A.K., Bhargava, D.S. and Bhattacharya, S., 2004.Optimum moisture requirement during vermicomposting using Perionyx excavatus. App. Ecol. Environ.Res., 2(1): 53- 62.
Suthar, S., 2007. Production of vermifertilizer from guargum industrial waste by using composting earthworm Perionyx sansibaricus (Perrier). Environmentalist, 27(1): 329-335
Trivedy, R.K. and Goel, P.K., 1986.Chemical and Biological methods for water pollution studies, Environmental publication, Karad, India.
Walkley, A. and Black, I.A., 1934. An examination of the Degtjareff method for determining soil organic matter and prepared modification of the chronic acid titration method.Soil Sci. 34, 29-38. Int. J. Environ. Sci. Tech., 5(1): 99-106, Winter 2008 105.