ASSESSMENT OF VERMICOMPOST BIOFERTILIZER PRODUCED BY THE EARTHWORM E-EUGENIAE ON VEGETATIVE GROWTH OF SEEDLINGS

Abstract

Decomposition of organic waste was enhanced when passed through the earthworm gut releasing more quantities of available forms of plant nutrients in vermicompost than compost. Since mineralization process depends on worm activity. It is always more during monsoon > winter > summer. Majority of agricultural organic wastes have almost similar amount of nutrient constituents. Compost or vermicompost has no influence on the germination and further vegetative growth of seedlings up to 10 days. Later vegetative growth   of seedlings up to 20 days was notably influenced only in soils amended with 20% (1.5) compost or vermicompost.

Biomass, length of root, shoot, leaf and member of leaves and branched in seedling grown in Vermicompost were always more than those in compost.