Effects of bedding materials on vermicasting potential of red wiggler worms- Eisenia fetida / Assoc. Prof. Hajah Wan Hanisah Wan Ismail … [et al.]

• Main Authors: Wan Ismail, Wan Hanisah (Assoc. Prof. Hajah), Ali, Khafiruddin (Haji), Mohd Sahal, Mohd Saiful Akbar, Mamat, Nordin
• Format: Research Reports
• Language: English
• Published: 2006
• Subjects: Environmental conditions. Environmental quality. Environmental indicators. Environmental degradation; QL Zoology
• Online Access: http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/48891/1/48891.pdf; http://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/48891/
• Institution: Universiti Teknologi Mara

Experiments were performed to determine the composting potential of Eisenia fetida over a period of 70 days under laboratory conditions using different substrates as bedding materials. The study indicates that oil palm leaves, acacia leaves, newspaper and sawdust shows different potentials as beddin...