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CROP RESEARCH
Year : 2011, Volume : 41, Issue : 1to3
First page : ( 253) Last page : ( 254)
Print ISSN : 0970-4884.

Assessing the growth of earthworms with respect to environmental factor and feeding materials

Prasanthrajan M., Kannan J.

Department of Environmental Science, Tamil Nadu Agricultural University, Coimbatore-641 003, Tamil Nadu, India

Online published on 19 March, 2018.

Abstract

A study was conducted to test the growth, survival potential of different worms with respect to different feeding material and an environmental factor. This study proved that the feeding activity of certain earthworm species viz., Periyonyx excavatus, Eisenia foetida and Eudrillus cugeniae depended on the moisture content of the substrate. Also some of the feeding material like cowdung showed fastest and health growth rate of earthworms when compared to poultry manure and pig manure.

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Keywords

Earthworm, Feed material, Growth.

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