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http://dx.doi.org/10.11625/KJOA.2014.22.1.183

Effects of Mixing Ratios of Cow Manure and Stall Bedding on Physico-Chemical Characteristics and Earthworm (Eisenia foetida) Survival  

Hwangbo, Soon (대구대학교 동물자원학과)
Jo, Ik-Hwan (대구대학교 동물자원학과)
Son, Jang-Ho (대구교육대학 실과교육과)
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Korean Journal of Organic Agriculture / v.22, no.1, 2014 , pp. 183-195 More about this Journal
Abstract
The present study was conducted to provide basic data for environmentally friendly treatment of manure using vermicomposting by investigating the influence of physiochemical property change during the composting period on the survival of earthworms after mixing cow manure in different levels (0(CSD0), 10(CSD10), 20(CSD20), 30(CSD30), and 40%(CSD40)) with the sawdust that is used bedding in livestock pens. As composting proceeds, earthworms were able to survive in all treatments after 3 weeks. In terms of the C/N ratio by treatment groups, the sawdust mix treatment was significantly higher than the CSD0 treatment (p<0.05). The C/N ratio in the 3rdweek when earthworms started surviving was 23.26-61.05. As composting progressed, pH and electrolytic conductivity were highest in the CSD0 treatment and tended to decrease with higher proportion of sawdust in the mix. It was found that pH and electrolytic conductivity that earthworms starting to survive are 7.4-7.7 and 0.28-1.17 mS/cm respectively. To summarize, when composing cow manure with various levels of sawdust mix, all physiochemical property changes turned out to allow the survival of earthworms, but the results suggest that efficient vermicomposting requires the tests to examine growth and reproduction according to the sawdust mix ratio.
Keywords
C/N ratio; cow manure; earthworm; pH; vermicomposting;
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