In the present study
attempt was made to prepare vermicompost from the leaf materials such as
Gliricidia sepium Jacq, Leucaena leucocephala (Lam.) De Wit and Cassia
auriculata Linn using the earthworms, Eudrilus eugeniae (Kinberg) and Eisenia
fetida (Savigny) along with cowdung in four different treatments. Fortnightly
the analyses (0, 15, 30, 45 and 60 d) were done to evaluate the colony forming
units (CFU) of bacteria, fungi and actinimycets in earthworm guts (fore, mid
and hind gut). The results showed that the higher load of CFU of bacteria
(105±1.15), fungi (100.33±1.15) and actinomycetes (111.00±1.00) were observed
in the hind gut of E.eugeniae on 60 d in vermicompost prepared using
C.auriculata + L.leucocephala + Cowdung mixture with E.eugeniae than in fore
[bacteria (95.00±2.00), fungi (91.00±1.00) and actinomycetes (100.67±0.58)] and
mid guts [bacteria (100.00±1.00), fungi (96.00±1.00) and actinomycetes
(105.67±1.15)] and in other treatments. - See more at:
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