The rehabilitation of tropical soils using compost and vermicompost is affected by the presence of endogeic earthworms

Jouquet, Pascal; Plumere, Thierry; Thu, Thuy Doan; Rumpel, Cornélia; Duc, Toan Tran; Orange, Didier

doi:10.1016/j.apsoil.2010.07.002

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“…total phosphorus, P Jouquet et al [33]. The procedure adopted was based on local farmer's knowledge.…”

Section: Soil Properties and Organic Amendmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Recent studies have compared the influence of compost and vermicompost from buffalo manure and purely chemical fertilizers on tropical soil quality and plant growth [4,18,33,34,49,50]. These studies suggest that the application of composted and vermicomposted buffalo manure reduces significantly the amount of chemical fertilizers needed, as well as improving soil quality and reducing off-site effects such as nutrient leaching and water pollution.…”

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The earthworm species Metaphire posthuma modulates the effect of organic amendments (compost vs. vermicompost from buffalo manure) on soil microbial properties. A laboratory experiment

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European Journal of Soil Biology

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“…total phosphorus, P Jouquet et al [33]. The procedure adopted was based on local farmer's knowledge.…”

Section: Soil Properties and Organic Amendmentsmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The earthworm species Metaphire posthuma modulates the effect of organic amendments (compost vs. vermicompost from buffalo manure) on soil microbial properties. A laboratory experiment

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Jusselme

Lata

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European Journal of Soil Biology

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“…In urban soils from temperate regions, endogeic earthworms (Bouché, 1977)arehighlydi-verse (Schlaghamerský and Pižl, 2009;Glasstetter, 2012). Moreover, they are probably the most resistant earthworms recorded in disturbed soils (Lavelle and Spain, 2001;Jouquet et al, 2010). Despite the general recognition of the importance of earthworms in ecosystems, their potential has not been explored much in urban soils.…”

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Effects of endogeic earthworms on the soil organic matter dynamics and the soil structure in urban and alluvial soil materials

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“…Horizon e-Publishing Group ISSN: Earthworms are among important invertebrate communities in soils in terms of their below ground biomass (7,8,9) and play a major role in their functioning (10) along with essential ecosystem services (11). In different pedoecosystems they enhanced mineralisation and nutrient availability in soil (12,6,13).…”

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Vermicomposting of aquatic weeds: A quick review

Najar¹

2017

Plant Sci. Today

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Aquatic plants play an important role in ecosystem functioning and services but they can also be deleterious if present in excess. The different anthropogenic activities result in accumulation of nutrients in aquatic ecosystems leads to eutrophication with massive weed growth and associated diverse adverse effects. Effective control/management of weeds in different aquatic systems is not only difficult but of short duration. The commonly used methods to manage/control the aquatic weeds are biological, chemical and mechanical, in addition to habitat manipulation. However, these methods can be highly disruptive causing adverse environmental effects and are relatively inefficient. On the other hand different species of earthworms can feed on wide range of weeds and convert them into stable product called vermicompost, rich in plant nutrients. Among different aquatic weeds the most extensively vermicomposted weed is water hyacinth (Eichhornia crassipes (Mart.) Solms), using different earthworm species. Among different earthworm species used for vermicomposting of aquatic weeds, Eisenia fetida (Savigny) is the most commonly used species. Vermicomposting is an efficient ecobiotechnological process that converts the aquatic weeds into nutrient rich material that can acts as suitable plant growth media for sustainable agroecosystems. Further large scale utilization of aquatic weed based vermicompost in horticulture can solve their management and disposal issues along with restoration of organic matter and nutrient depletion at low input basis.

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The rehabilitation of tropical soils using compost and vermicompost is affected by the presence of endogeic earthworms

Cited by 61 publications

References 40 publications

The earthworm species Metaphire posthuma modulates the effect of organic amendments (compost vs. vermicompost from buffalo manure) on soil microbial properties. A laboratory experiment

The earthworm species Metaphire posthuma modulates the effect of organic amendments (compost vs. vermicompost from buffalo manure) on soil microbial properties. A laboratory experiment

Effects of endogeic earthworms on the soil organic matter dynamics and the soil structure in urban and alluvial soil materials

Vermicomposting of aquatic weeds: A quick review

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