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VOL. 3, ISSUE 1 (2018)
Efficiency of earthworm Perionyx ceylanensis on nutrient enhancement during Vermiconversion of coffee pulp of Coffea arabica
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S Manivannan
Abstract
Use of non-stabilized organic waste to soil may leads to immobilization of plant nutrients and cause soil pollution and phytotoxicity. Per annum huge amount of coffee by-products are generated throughout coffee processing industry. The environmental problems associated with raw coffee pulp, such as release of inorganic polymers like polyphenols and tannins could be mitigated by stabilizing its nutrient and organic matter contents by vermicomposting before application to agricultural soils. The aim of this work was to evaluate the changes in nutrient content of coffee pulp amended with press mud using earthworms and vermicomposting during over a period of 75 days in order to produce stabilized organic fertilizer. Results revealed that nutrient contents during vermicomposting showed a significant variation in all the treatments (p<0.05) for all the sampling days for both species than natural composing. Among the different treatments T4, T5 and T6 treatments showed significantly higher level of nutrients than other treatments and natural composting.
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Pages:384-389
How to cite this article:
S Manivannan "Efficiency of earthworm Perionyx ceylanensis on nutrient enhancement during Vermiconversion of coffee pulp of Coffea arabica". International Journal of Biology Research, Vol 3, Issue 1, 2018, Pages 384-389
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