Potential of individual and combination of earthworm species in vermicomposting Salvinia Molesta, Mitchell

T Ganesh Kumar *

Department of Zoology, St. Joseph’s College of Arts and Science (Autonomous), Manjakuppam, Cuddalore 600701, Tamil Nadu, India.
 
Research Article
International Journal of Science and Research Archive, 2023, 08(02), 280–284.
Article DOI: 10.30574/ijsra.2023.8.2.0224
Publication history: 
Received on 03 February 2023; revised on 25 March 2023; accepted on 27 March 2023
 
Abstract: 
Study is on the performance of earthworm species in vermicomposting salvinia was reported earlier. In this study on the performance of reactors inoculated with single species and combination of two or three species in vermicomposting salvinia is reported. The experiment was carried out on seven set of vermireactors, i.e. mono species - Eudrilus eugeniae, Eisenia  fetida, Perionyx excavatus., di species - Eudrilus eugeniae +Eisenia  fetida., Eisenia  fetida + Perionyx excavatus., Perionyx excavatus + Eudrilus eugeniae and multi species - Eudrilus eugeniae, Eisenia  fetida, Perionyx excavatus. The performance of multi–species reactor achieved conversion of about 67% of the feed mass (100 g dry wt,) per fortnight. The vermireactors were sustainable as the animals have remained consistently healthy and reproductive over a period of ten months.
 
Keywords: 
Salvinia molesta; Multi species earthworm; Vermireactor; Vermicompost; Vermicast
 
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