Enriched pressmud vermicompost production with green manure plants using Eudrilus eugeniae

Balachandar, Ramalingam and Baskaran, Logalakshmanan and Yuvaraj, Ananthanarayanan and Thangaraj, Ramasundaram and Subbaiya, Ramasamy and Ravindran, Balasubramani and Chang, Soon Woong and Karmegam, Natchimuthu (2020) Enriched pressmud vermicompost production with green manure plants using Eudrilus eugeniae. Bioresource Technology, 299. p. 122578. ISSN 09608524

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Abstract

Vermicomposting of pressmud with cow dung and nitrogenous green manures (Gliricidia sepium and Leucaena leucocephala) was carried out using Eudrilus eugeniae (50 days). The reduction in pH, total organic carbon, C/N ratio, water-soluble organic carbon (C<inf>ws</inf>)/N<inf>org</inf> and C/P ratios, and a pronounced increase in NPK contents and microbial population in vermicompost were observed. An enhanced TKN of 3.80% and 3.45% was recorded in vermicomposts of pressmud + cow dung + L. leucocephala (2:1:1) and pressmud + cow dung + G. sepium (2:1:1) respectively. The C/N and C<inf>ws</inf>/N<inf>org</inf> ratios in vermicompost ranged from 11.86 to 16.66 and 0.53 to 1.33, respectively. The activity of dehydrogenase, urease, acid and alkaline phosphatase declined towards the end, indicating the progression of vermicompost maturity. The pressmud and green manure substrates promoted more biomass of E. eugeniae, while cow dung with green manure combination favored reproduction. The amendment of cow dung and green manure plants to pressmud (2:1:1 ratio) results in nutrient-enriched vermicompost production. © 2020 Elsevier B.V., All rights reserved.

Item Type: Article
Subjects: Environmental Science > Waste Management and Disposal
Divisions: Engineering and Technology > Aarupadai Veedu Institute of Technology, Chennai > Bio-medical Engineering
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Last Modified: 04 Dec 2025 11:47
URI: https://vmuir.mosys.org/id/eprint/3469

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