Ultrasound-assisted extraction of phytohormones from vermicompost.

• Main Author: Teo, Chee How.
• Other Authors: Tan Swee Ngin
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Science::Biological sciences::Biochemistry
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/50656
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Vermicompost (VC) is the by-product of the joint actions between earthworms and microorganisms living within them and is traditionally used as organic fertilizer. It is postulated that phytohormones are the “magic compounds” in VC that made them such good fertilizers. Chemical characterization of ph...