书目名称 | Earthworms and Vermicomposting | 副标题 | Species, Procedures | 编辑 | Sohan Singh Walia,Tamanpreet Kaur | 视频video | | 概述 | Discusses earthworms, their species, features, distribution and different procedures of vermicomposting.Explores nutrient recovery from kitchen bio-waste as a sustainable solution.Describes modificati | 图书封面 |  | 描述 | .This book explains the lifecycle of earthworms, biological features, multiplication of worms, species of earthworms that are suitable for vermicomposting, different sources of vermicompost, nutrient recovery and different procedures for making of vermicompost and importance of application of vermicompost in cereal, fruit and vegetable crops..The tremendous increase in population, urbanization, industrialization and agricultural production results in accumulation quantities of solid wastes. This has created serious problem in the environment. In order to dispose this waste safely it should be converted effectively. This is achieved by bio-composting and vermicomposting of farm, urban and agro-industrial waste. It is being increasing realized that composting is an environment friendly process, convert wide variety of wastes into valuable agricultural inputs. Compost is excellent source of humus and plant nutrients, on application of which improve soil biophysical properties and organic matter status of the soil. India generates about 350 million tonnes of agricultural waste every year. Agricultural wastes include crop residues, weeds, leaf litter, sawdust, forest waste, and livestoc | 出版日期 | Book 2024 | 关键词 | Earthworms; Vermicomposting; Vermitechnology; Nutrient recovery; Organic soil fertility | 版次 | 1 | doi | https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-99-8953-9 | isbn_softcover | 978-981-99-8955-3 | isbn_ebook | 978-981-99-8953-9 | copyright | The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapor |
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