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2 articles for “Eisenia foetida”
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Uptake and Kinetics of Bioaccumulation of Heavy Metals (Lead and Cadmium) from Contaminated Soil using Eisenia foetida
Abstract: AbstractThe ecosystem of soil is affected by heavy metal contamination, both qualitatively and quantitatively and earthworms are efficient bioremediators. The aim of the present study was to investigate the bioaccumulation of two heavy metals (Cd and Pb) in earthworms. In the current paper, the two heavy metals considered are studied for their absorption from the soil and correlated to the amount of live earthworms required to clean up the contamination …
Published in Research & Reviews : Journal of Ecology · Vol. 2, Issue 2, 2013 · pp. 8–14 Read article
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Quality Assessment of Vermicompost
Abstract: Present study deals with quality assessment of Vermicompost on the basis of physical and chemical profiles made of three different types of earthworms viz. Eisenia foetida, Eudrilus eugeniae, Perionyx excavatus. Quality of Vermiculture was done in different mixtures of Cowdung with Paddy straw, Sugarcane thrash, Weed biomass, Eichornia, Vegetable waste and Control. The rate of vermiculture was found maximum in case of VMC5 as E.eugeniae recorded as most efficient vermicomposting …
Published in Research and Reviews : A Journal of Life Sciences · Vol. 1, Issue 1, 2011 Read article