Survey of Vermi compost Production by Eisenia Fetida of Fruit and Vegetable Waste

Subject Areas : waste

maryam daghestani ¹ , hossein niknam ²

1 - Assistant Prof., Department of Natural Resorces, Faculty of Agriculture,Islamicazad University of Abhar, Iran (Corresponding author)
2 - -MSc, Department of Agriculture Management, Faculty of Agriculture,Islamicazad University of Abhar, Iran

Received: 2017-11-01 Accepted : 2018-02-21 Published : 2019-12-22

Keywords: Earthworm, Eisenia fetida, Vermicompost, waste,

Abstract :

Background: Today, Vermi compost production process as one of the very good procedures in terms of economic,health, and environmental sustainability to stabilize the organic waste is discussed. The aim of this study was Vermi compost production from fruit and vegetable organization waste by earthworm (Eisenia Fetida). Methods: In order to evaluate the quantity of produced Eisenia Foetida and Vermi compost an investigation was conducted in Azadi fruit and vegetable organization. The experiment was completely randomized design with three replications. Treatments were fruit, leaf vegetable and lettuce, non leafly vegatables, paper and combination of four treatments, in similar conditions. Results: the amount of Vermi compost significantly increased by fruit, combination and non leafly vegetables. Also the numbers of mature Eisenia Foetida, significantly increased by fruit and combination. But there were no significant differences in number of immature worms. Total weight of mature and immature worms was increased significantly by using fruit, combination and non-leafy vegetables. The highest increase in the average body length of mature worms and the most used waste were observed during the use of fruit treatment. The results showed that Vermi-compost quality treatments examined were in the standard range and only in terms of the organic matter was higher than the standard level. Conclusion: The results of this study showed that using waste of fruit and vegetable for producing compost from Eisenia Foetida is fully justified.

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