DEGRADATION OF COIR WASTE AND TAPIOCA PEEL BY EARTHWORMS

P.T.RAMESH and K.GUNATHILAGARAJ

doi:https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00959

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DEGRADATION OF COIR WASTE AND TAPIOCA PEEL BY EARTHWORMS

P.T.RAMESH and K.GUNATHILAGARAJ

Volume : 83

Issue: Jan-jan

Pages: 26 - 28

DOI: https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00959

Published: July 06, 2023

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Abstract

Degradation of coirwaste and tapioca peel by earthworms with and without feed was tried under laboratory condition. The rate of degradation was maximum in treatments with earthworms that received cowdung as feed. Degradation was marked by the decrease in organic carbon content, C/N ratio and the subsequent increase in major and minor nutrient contents and microbial activity in both coirwaste and tapioca peel. The hydrogen cyanide (HCN) content in tapioca peel also got reduced to an appreciable level.

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https://doi.org/10.29321/MAJ.10.A00959

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26 - 28

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© The Author(s), 2025. Published by Madras Agricultural Students' Union in Madras Agricultural Journal (MAJ). This is an Open Access article, distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/), which permits unrestricted use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited by the user.

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Coirwaste Tapioca Peel Earthworm Degradation Nutrients

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