Eisenia fetida
Biotransformation of endosulfan by the tiger worm, Eisenia fetida
... earthworm, Eisenia fetida, in the breakdown of endosulfan in a soil ...E. fetida were used in this study to assess the effect of salinity on toxicity and metabolism of endosulfan in these ...E. ...
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Life Cycle of the Eisenia fetida and Dendrobaena veneta Earthworms (Oligohaeta, Lumbricidae)
... its effectiveness depends to a large extent, e.g. on the selection of the appropriate earthworm spe- cies, numerous studies are conducted around the world to compare and isolate the Lumbricidae species which are most ...
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Role of Earthworm (Eisenia fetida) on Organic Waste Management and Pollution Control in Indian Thar Desert
... species Eisenia fetida was collected from a farmer’s vermiculture centre of village Chhila with a small amount of culture material in perforated bags and prepared a cowdung vermibed as stock ...
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Vermicomposting of cow dung, kitchen waste and sewage sludge with bagasse using Eisenia fetida
... Composting earthworms, Eisenia fetida, were prepared from Mehran Company, Ahvaz, Iran. Bagasse was provided from sugar cane development company, Ahvaz. Cow dung was collected from Kut Abdollah, a cow ...
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Effects of phenanthrene and its nitrogen heterocyclic analogues aged in soil on the earthworm Eisenia fetida
... Major sources of homocyclic polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and N-containing analogues (N-PAHs) are found in the environment after being discharged through petrogenic, pyrogenic and biogenic activities. Using a ...
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The Effect of Eucalyptus Tree Wastes Mixed with Cow Manure on Eisenia Fetida Worms’ Population
... [25] Rienecke A. J, Vilijoen S.A. 1990. The influence of feeding patterns on growth and reproduction of the vermicomposting earthworm Eisenia fetida (Oligochaeta). Biol – Fertil – Soils.10, 3, 184-187. [26] ...
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Effect of Seasons and Different Substrates on Growth and Reproduction of the Compost Worm Eisenia Fetida
... Domínguez J, Velando J, Aira M, Monroy F (2003). Uniparental reproduction of Eisenia fetida and E. Andrei (Oligochaeta: Lumbricidae): evidence of self-insemination. Pedobiologia. No. 47. pp.530-534 Doube ...
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The effect of neutralized and non-neutralized pomegranate pulp on features of Eisenia fetida and vermicompost
... So far, vermicomposting has been reported from different organic debris such as leaves, branches and sawdust (Banu et al., 2005), the remains of hay (Mousavi and Raeesi, 2009), sugarcane (Sangwan et al., 2010), corn ...
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WASTE MANAGEMENT OF LIGNITE FLYASH THROUGH VERMICOMPOSTING BY INDIGENOUS EARTHWORMS EISENIA FETIDA
... of Eisenia fetida to mitigate toxicity of metals seems to be feasible technology and 3:1 cowdung-flyash mixture can be used for sustainable and efficient for vermicomposting, without showing any toxicity to ...
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Proposed modification to avoidance test with Eisenia fetida to assessmetal toxicity in agricultural soils affected by mining activities
... Use of avoidance tests is a quick and cost-effective method of assessing contaminants in soils. According to the standard protocol ISO 17512-1 (2008), one option for assessing earthworm avoidance behavior is a ...
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Bioaccumulation studies of heavy metal on impact towards polluted soil using earthworm Lampito mauritii and Eisenia fetida
... of Eisenia fetida and Lampito mauritii to accumulate heavy metals in their body tissues from oil polluted soil and the soil polluted with match industry wastes and to determine the effect of the polluted ...
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Effect of feeding materials on yield and quality of vermicompost and multiplication of Eisenia fetida in sub-tropical environment of Nepal
... of solid waste and consume organic material equal to their body weight per day (Reinecke et al.1992). The growth and reproduction of Eisenia fetida is also faster than other species of earthworms (Saini et ...
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Impact of structural amendment of Paper mill wastes with different organic materials on vermicomposting using Eisenia fetida earthworms
... Solid wastes of Waste Paper based Emami Paper Mill at Balasore was collected from dumping ground by the side of Swapna nala (effluent releasing channel) and vermicomposted after mixing separately with different organic ...
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Effect of various wastes on biochemical profile of earthworm, Eisenia fetida
... The present study was conducted to explore the deleterious effects of fly ash, Parthenium hysterophorus and milk processing industry sludge on the health of earthworm, Eisenia fetida. Earthworms were ...
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Midgut microbiota of two earthworms pheretima posthuma and eisenia fetida-a metagenomic approach
... Earthworms are friends to mankind from time immemorial and are said to be farmers with . Among the soil invertebrates, earthworms play an essential role in carbon turnover, nitrogen mineralization, soil formation, ...
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Proposed modification to avoidance test with Eisenia fetida to assessmetal toxicity in agricultural soils affected by mining activities
... Percentage of earthworms in the field soil (EFS) as a function of total soil Cu (CuT) in different bioassays.... Supplementary Table 1 (cont)..[r] ...
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Treatment of sewage sludge through vermicomposting using Eisenia fetida
... Application of vermicompost increases the total microbial population of nitrogen-fixing bacteria and actinomycetes in the soil. Due to increased microbial activity in the soil, degradation of organic waste continues in ...
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A two dimensional electrophoresis reference map of the earthworm Eisenia fetida
... maintained at 23˚C ± 1˚C and a lighting of about 1000 lx with a 12/12-h photo-period; water was supplemented to ensure appropriate water content of the substrate by weighing the containers. Two days before the experi- ...
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Screening of Immunocompetent Coelomic Cells in Earthworms
... Annelids are supposed to be the earliest animals in phylogenetic tree in which both cellular and humoral immune responses are developed. Their body (coelomic) fluid consists various types of immunocompetent cells, the ...
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Vermicomposting Kitchen, Municipal Market and Tea Factory Waste using EiseniaFetida Earthworms
... Abstract— Population increase, urbanization, industrialization and agricultural activities result in accumulation of solid waste. This waste requires sustainable management through techniques such as vermicomposting. The ...
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