Journal of FARM SCIENCES, Vol 31, No 2 (2018)

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Growth of Eudrilus eugeniae in Pongamia pinnata leaves mixed with three different animal wastes

C. SURENDAR, L. VEERAKUMARI

Abstract


Growth of Eudrilus eugeniae cultured in the organic wastes Pongamiapinnata leaves mixed with elephant dung, horse dung and cow dungwas evaluated in terms of biomass and length of the worm. Thecontrol was maintained with P. Pinnata. Growth of E. eugeniae wasobserved for a period of 60 days. Measurements were taken once in15 days interval. The maximum biomass and length was achieved inthe worms reared in P. pinnata leaves mixed with cow dung. Whilesteady increase in length was observed in all groups, fluctuated growthpattern was observed in biomass of the worms grown in elephantdung and horse dung on 30th and 45th days. After 45 days, the biomassshowed upstream in worms reared in elephant dung but declined inworms reared in horse dung. The growth of the worms of all threeexperimental groups differed significantly from the control at 1%level analysed by students "t" test.

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