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- Title
Earthworm ( Eudrillus euginae) multiplication through variable substrates.
- Authors
CHAKRABARTY, D.; DAS, S. K.; DAS, M. K.
- Abstract
Three hundred adult healthy earthworms ( Eudrillus euginae) ranging length and weight from 14–29 cm (mean 21.5 ± 6.8 cm) to 1.6–3.0 g (mean 2.55 ± 1.1 g), respectively, were cultured in three different substrate for 70 days. The substrates were soil alone, (control T-1), cow ( Bos taurus) dung and water hyacinth ( Eichhornia crassipes) (1 : 1 T-2), and partially dried neem ( Azadirachta indica) leaves with kitchen waste (1 : 1 T-3). The earthworms were grown in these substrates in a wooden chamber (0.8 m × 0.5 m × 0.2 m) and these were subjected to monitoring for various growth patterns (length, biomass, number) at every fortnight (five observations) interval. The observations showed that T-2 was the best among the three treatments used. There was significant difference ( P < 0.05) between the mean values of growth efficiency in food conversion among the treatments. However, there was no significant difference ( P > 0.05) between the mean values of survival rate of earthworm among different treatments.
- Subjects
EARTHWORMS; WATER hyacinth; EARTHWORM culture; NEEM; HAPLOTAXIDA
- Publication
Aquaculture Nutrition, 2009, Vol 15, Issue 5, p513
- ISSN
1353-5773
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1111/j.1365-2095.2008.00617.x