Sugar Industry Waste Recycling Through Vermicompost by Eisenia foetida (Savigny)

Authors(2) :-Boopathiayyanar Muthukrishnan, Prabakaran Swaminathan

The present study is the capability of epigeic earthworm, Eisenia foetida to convert sugar mill filter mud like pressmud mixed by cow excrement into value added and gaining popularity. The ten different ratio combination of sugar industry waste, Pressmud (PM) and Cow dung (CD) to compare with control Vc1, Vc2, Vc3, Vc4, Vc5, Vc6, Vc7, Vc8, Vc9 and Vc10 were reprocessed for vermicompost experiments. The E. foetida growth, development, cocoon production then the number of hatchling were observed in a range of ten different ratio of feed mixture for 14 weeks in the research laboratory under controlled suitable environmental condition. The extreme growth as well as reproduction was obtained in Vc4 (70%CD+30%PM), but worm growth and reproduced favorably in Vc3 (80%CD+20%PM) and Vc2 (90%CD+10%PM) also. Addition of filter cake (Pressmud) residues had adverse effect on growth as well as reproduction of earthworm. Vermicomposting resulted in significant decrease in C/N ratio as well as increase major and minor nutrients after 98 days of worm activity in all the mixture. The end of result vermicompost can be a cheapest technology for the management of sugar mill pressmud, if mixed with cow dung in appropriate quantities.

Authors and Affiliations

Boopathiayyanar Muthukrishnan
Department of Botany, Annamalai University, Annamalai Nagar, Tamil Nadu, India
Prabakaran Swaminathan
Department Botany, Government Arts College, Karur, Tamil Nadu, India

Eisenia foetida, Filter Cake, Cow Dung, Sugar Mill, Vermicompost, Waste Management

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Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 8 | November-December 2017
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Boopathiayyanar Muthukrishnan, Prabakaran Swaminathan, " Sugar Industry Waste Recycling Through Vermicompost by Eisenia foetida (Savigny)", International Journal of Scientific Research in Science and Technology(IJSRST), Print ISSN : 2395-6011, Online ISSN : 2395-602X, Volume 3, Issue 8, pp.1191-1198, November-December-2017.
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